Article Archive for December 2010
This past Wednesday, Japanese electronic company Sony filed a patent infringement suit with both the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against South Korean company, LG. This dispute relating …
As 2010 draws to a close, I thought it might be fun to highlight some of the most amusing patents of the year. During my search, I began to understand why the patent office is …
If you’re a regular on the internet, you may have seen this Yogi Bear alternate ending that’s been making the rounds as the newest viral video. The video does depict some computer generated animal violence, …
Nollywood, Lollywood, Ghallywood. These witty alterations of the obvious “Hollywood” are not merely puns but they actually refer to the movie industries of, respectively, Nigeria, Liberia, and Ghana. Cinema in Africa, although a long-time relationship, …
Funk legend George Clinton has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against the popular musical group the Black Eyed Peas. The suit names all of the members of the band, accusing them of wrongfully sampling …
On December 16th, Nokia sued Apple in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands for patent infringement over the use of a number of smartphone features, the latest blow in a legal struggle between the two rival …
When French authors sign a truce with YouTube (Google), French producers are feeling fooled and spoiled. On the other side, the two parties to the new agreement are congratulating themselves of such a step. The …
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Over 30 years ago, the Bayh-Dole Act was seen as a surefire way to increase research and development in the US. By enabling universities to retain the titles to their federally-funded research, …
Some bloggers had posited that Fox News’s lawsuit against former Senate candidate Robin Carnahan was merely a ploy to distract a Democratic candidate and her campaigners during a close and hard fought election campaign. They …
Throughout the age of modern biology, science classes have taught the “central dogma” – genes are encoded on double stranded DNA, which is copied into single stranded “messenger” RNA (mRNA), and those mRNAs are then …
