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IBM, for 16 straight years, has dominated in most patents per year. This year, they have topped off at over 4,000. IBM managed to beat out their challenger Samsung by 671 patents. IBM said this in their official release, “IBM’s 2008 patent...
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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Alaska Governor and former Republican 2008 vice-president nominee Sarah Palin has decided to resign from her governorship.
The resignation will come at the end of the...
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A Philadelphia man’s accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him.
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Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
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While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and...
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Amidst the fireworks, the beer and the cookouts associated with the celebration of the 4th of July Independence holiday, it is common to forget why the founders of the...
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Despite about two trillion dollars pumped into banks and the general economy from the government, the United States’ economy continues to shed jobs.
The U.S....
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Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City...
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The King of Pop still had it.
In defiance of all the critics who called him Wacko Jacko and a has-been, Michael Jackson still put on a show that eluded most artists....
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California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road”...
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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of...
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With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...
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It has long been known that Michael Jackson had an inconsiderate stage-dad. Joe Jackson reportedly pushed his son excessively as a young star.
Jackson has long stated...
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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
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Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a...
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Dreaming of a house that is remarkably awesome? Designed by Touzet studio, the amazing North Bay Road Residence located in Miami Beach, Florida is one such example. The...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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Farmers lined up on both sides of a Montana bill dealing with how biotech companies sample crops to determine potential illegal use of patented seeds.
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While I am pretty sure of Nokia’s patent for gesture-controlled phones, I doubt the practicality of the one we are talking about now. A recent patent application...
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AP, New York
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable.
made popular Dec 1 2008
Why Nokia’s N-series of multimedia devices have yet to see a multi-touch interface? To this question, Nokia’s chief designer, Alastair Curtis, at a recent...
made popular Nov 22 2008
AP, Paris
Sanofi-Aventis SA said Wednesday it has settled lawsuits against rival drugmakers it accused of infringing on its patents in the United States with their generic...
made popular Nov 19 2008
AP, Washington
A new startup company wants to have a say in the high-stakes patent disputes that loom over many industries.
made popular Nov 17 2008
AP, Washington
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and...
made popular Oct 30 2008
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Product Description: Though most of us have seen a phone being able to function like many other gadgets, we still have not seen a gadget that could...
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AP, Washington
Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken _ putting too many patents of dubious merit in the hands of people...
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Apple seems to be very busy with designing and developing new products. Some of the products which have been granted patents, are related to speech synthesis, MacBook,...
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Medicines and treatment are becoming very expensive. Nobel prize winning scientist Sir John Sulston condemns profits made at the expense of patients...
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As the 61st annual World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva this week, a major issue that the world\’s governments are struggling with is patents on medicines, and...
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AP, Washington
Is a baseball pitcher’s method for throwing a curveball patentable? How about a chiropractor’s techniques?A federal appeals court wrestled with those kinds...
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AP, Madison
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld a second and a third University of Wisconsin-Madison patent covering embryonic stem cell research at the school.In...
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AP, Madison
A federal agency has upheld a patent that covers embryonic stem cell research, rejecting a challenge from critics who say the patents are hindering research.An examiner...
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AP, Geneva
China and South Korea are climbing up the ranks of the world’s leading inventors, according to figures released by the U.N. patent agency Thursday.Of the 156,000...
made popular Feb 21 2008
AP, Geneva
The U.N. health chief urged countries on Monday to come up with new ways to make medicine for HIV/AIDS and other diseases more affordable in the world’s poorest...
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AP, Boston
IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the company wants to patent the idea.Beyond the...
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AP, Washington
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider a technology patent case that could have far-reaching ramifications for computer makers and other industries with global...
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