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April 5, 2006
Courts and patents
A new piece on CNET News by patent expert Brian Kahin - "How Washington reinvented invention" asks the key question:
How did an activist court single-handedly undo 600 years of history that confined patents to fields of technology--offering 20-year monopolies to such things as diaper services and frequent flyer miles?
Posted by Ken Jarboe at April 5, 2006 4:45 PM
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