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The Patent Epidemic |
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| Back in 2001, something strange happened in the world of patent law. Microsoft, which had been fighting a lawsuit by Priceline, suddenly gave up. The suit, filed in late 1999, claimed that Priceline had patented its ��쐍ame your own price��� auction strategy, and that no one else could use it without a license from the company. Microsoft had been using a similar strategy on its Expedia travel site and had been arguing in U.S. District Court in Connecticut that the auction method was too obvious to be patented. |
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Quashing the Identit |
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| In the past five years, more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identify theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission. |
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The Brave New World |
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| One of the long-held dreams of medical science is to find drugs that will increase intelligence and boost brain performance, aid concentration, and generally give us more control over thought, memory, and cognitive functioning. Some scientists now believe that the dream isn��셳 far from reality. |
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Off-Shoring, D??Vu |
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| Every 15 years or so, we萸쮍 told that America萸� economy faces a grave danger because of the loss of jobs to foreign companies. |
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誘멸뎅 �슦�꽑二쇱쓽�쓽 移쇰궇 |
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| �룄�꼸�뱶 �듃�읆�봽 ����넻�졊��� "Liberation Day"�씪�뒗 �씠由꾩쑝濡� �뿭�궗�쟻 �꽑�뼵�쓣 媛먰뻾�뻽�떎. 紐⑤뱺 �닔�엯�뭹�뿉 ����빐 10%�쓽 蹂댄렪愿��꽭瑜� 遺�怨쇳븯怨�, �듅�젙 援�媛��뿉 ����빐�꽌�뒗 理쒕�� 50%�뿉 �떖�븯�뒗 怨좎쑉 愿��꽭瑜� �쟻�슜�븯寃좊떎�뒗 議곗튂����떎. 洹� 洹쇨굅�뒗 ��섍뎅媛�鍮꾩긽寃쎌젣沅뚮쾿(IEEPA)���. �썝�옒�뒗 �뀒�윭�굹 援곗궗�쟻 �쐞�삊�뿉 ����쓳�븯�뒗 踰뺤씠吏�留�, �듃�읆�봽�뒗 �씠瑜� 誘멸뎅�쓽 臾댁뿭�쟻�옄媛� 援�媛� �븞蹂대�� �빐移쒕떎�뒗 �씠�쑀濡� �쟾�슜�뻽�떎. |
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