Monthly Archives: May 2009

Is All Publicity Good Publicity?

By Sarah Floyd | May 19, 2009

All of us have guiltily snuck in a quick visit to sites like Perez Hilton, a pleasure that some of us freely admit to.
Why do we indulge ourselves? We may have different motives. For some, it makes us feel better about ourselves, while others get satisfaction seeing the rich and famous go out without [...]

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Protection for Genetically Modified Organisms

By Vanessa Nadal | May 12, 2009

If a patent holder has the right to stop someone who “[m]akes, uses, offers to sell, or sells”1 her product, what happens when her product runs away and starts making itself?
In 1980, the Supreme Court of the United States contemplated in Diamond v. Chakrabarty2 whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) constitute patentable subject matter under 35 [...]

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