Date: September 10, 2009
On September 10, 2009 KEI hosted a brownbag lunch to discuss the scope of patentable subject matter, focusing specifically on the implications for life-science patents of the Supreme Court’s forthcoming review of the Bilski Federal Circuit opinion. This is the first time since 1981 that the US Supreme Court will address the limits of patentable subject matter.
The key U.S. statue on this issue is Section 101 of the patent law:
35 USC 101. Inventions patentable
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Before (or after) reading these accounts of FOIA requests to USTR, you might also review the transparency memorandum issued by President Obama in January 2009.
The following are some recent FOIA requests for USTR:
Copyright
In the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, there are limits on injunctive relief for cases involving architectural plans.
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Chicago. October 5, 2006. Thank you. Thanks in particular to Elspeth Revere and Kathy Im.
This award recognizes the collective efforts of our very devoted and talented staff and board. The money and the recognition will make it possible for Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), our new corporate entity, to do more.
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Return to KEI page on prizes to stimulate innovation
A separate page on academic and other technical papers and comments on prizes is available
here:
News Reports and Blogs on Innovation Prizes
General articles on prizes
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This paper has now been replaced by an updated version here: /prizes/cites
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An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarly and Technical Articles and Books on Innovation Prizes
KEI Research Note 2008:2
(Updated October 4, 2010)
2010. William Fisher and Talha Syed. Drugs, Law, and the Health Crisis in the Developing World. Stanford University Press. [link] Continue Reading →