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Authored by: UncleVom on Thursday, November 08 2012 @ 07:16 PM EST
I suppose there is a limp excuse for that? ;-)

OK probably one of the spammers favourite brand names or something similar.

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Disclosure is part of the patent bargain - Clicky
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Thursday, November 08 2012 @ 07:41 PM EST
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The Supreme Court of [redacted] this morning shocked the pharmaceutical industry by voiding Pfizer's patent in [redacted] for [redacted]. The unanimous decision provides a strong reaffirmation of the policy behind patent law, namely that patents represent a quid pro quo bargain of public disclosure of inventions in return for a time limited monopoly in the invention. The Supreme Court describes it in this way:

The patent system is based on a "bargain", or quid pro quo: the inventor is granted exclusive rights in a new and useful invention for a limited period in exchange for disclosure of the invention so that society can benefit from this knowledge. This is the basic policy rationale underlying the Act. The patent bargain encourages innovation and advances science and technology.

Disclosure is therefore a crucial part of the patent bargain.

Sanity. Nice to see.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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Did you see the study linked to on the same page that the file sharers are also buy the media
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 08 2012 @ 09:03 PM EST
That is, those who share are in fact the ones purchasing the media, to the
tune of 30% more money on average than nonsharers?

RIAA-linked researchers dispute this, of course... More copyright math...

(Christenson)

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