Terence Eden<p>The UK Government has an open consultation on Standard Essential Patents underway.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@openuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openuk</span></a></span> will be responding to this and providing some guidance over the next few weeks for individuals and interested parties who wish to follow our approach to the response.</p><p>Very important to have the risks of these in open source flagged clearly to government as we see an increased focus on standards for global governance. </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/openuktechnology_opensource-patents-seps-activity-7351629896315478017-OUih" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/openuktechn</span><span class="invisible">ology_opensource-patents-seps-activity-7351629896315478017-OUih</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a></p>
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GMWatch<p>In Germany, dairy farmers, plant breeders, the leading organic farming association, the largest conventional farmers association, Germany's protestant churches and the Catholic Rural Movement, have all united in a call for an end to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a>! <a href="https://www.organicseurope.bio/news/a-coalition-of-conventional-and-organic-farmers-call-for-an-end-to-patents-on-seeds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">organicseurope.bio/news/a-coal</span><span class="invisible">ition-of-conventional-and-organic-farmers-call-for-an-end-to-patents-on-seeds/</span></a></p>
Abishek_Muthian<p>Big Pharma sells life saving drugs at 1000% markup in India.</p><p>What's known to those of us in Rare Diseases circle, Journalist Jyotsna Singh opens it up to all of you by talking to Ms. Chetali Rao an expert on IP law on how Big Pharma exploits patents to rob/murder patients at scale.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTDxBfYvZ8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=2mTDxBfYvZ</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharma</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Chief Executives don’t usually brag about paying high tax rates.<br>But with pharma tariffs looming, being a tax sucker is suddenly a badge of safety in the industry. That isn’t because Wall Street is suddenly in love with taxes. Rather, with so much uncertainty, investors are prizing biotech companies that base their intellectual property and manufacturing in the U.S., which up until now often meant higher taxes. </p><p>On a Thursday earnings call, Gilead Sciences Chief Executive Daniel O’Day proudly pointed out that the biotech’s corporate tax rate of approximately 20% “reflects the fact that the substantial majority of our intellectual property is already registered in the United States.” </p><p>Before the Trump era, many pharma and biotech firms established intellectual property and manufacturing operations in low-tax hubs such as Ireland. This allowed them to reduce their tax bills through transfer pricing. Essentially, the Irish unit of the company sells the drug to a U.S. unit at a high internal “transfer price,” enabling the parent company to book most of the profit in the lower-tax jurisdiction. (Ireland currently offers a headline 15% corporate tax rate to big companies, compared with 21% in the U.S.) On paper, the U.S. unit appears to earn little—even though the end-sales are largely happening in America. </p><p>While the 2017 tax overhaul under Trump was meant to curb offshore profit shifting, in practice it left key loopholes intact. </p><p>Now the second Trump administration appears to be preparing to use tariffs to target the practice, with the goal of inducing companies to increase manufacturing in the U.S. Earlier this month, the Trump administration—which has repeatedly lambasted Ireland for luring American pharma companies—announced probes into pharmaceutical imports, citing national-security concerns."</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/wall-streets-new-tariff-safe-haven-high-tax-biotech-stocks-b98f2ac1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/finance/stocks/wall-st</span><span class="invisible">reets-new-tariff-safe-haven-high-tax-biotech-stocks-b98f2ac1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biotech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manufacturing</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> proclaimed yesterday World Intellectual Property Day. <br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/world-intellectual-property-day-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/04/world-intellectual-property-day-2025/</span></a></p><p>* Note that it's World Intellectual Property Day, not US Intellectual Property Day.<br>* He proudly compares his <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> strategy to his "strategic use of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>."<br>* He's convening "the best and brightest" to serve on a new Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. No names yet. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
David Shields<p>HBD Henry P Hamilton born 21 Apr 1862 youngest of 3 brothers, worked with older brthr George at _The Detroit Record_ as a printer & then with oldest brthr James at Hamilton & Baker, later Hamilton Mfg Co Credited patents USD37308 & 37309 <br><a href="http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-mfg-672-673" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-</span><span class="invisible">mfg-672-673</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/WoodType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoodType</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letterforms</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collections</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bibliography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeSpecimen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeSpecimen</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letterpress</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>type</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NineteethCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteethCentury</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/uspatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspatents</span></a></p>
David ShieldsHBD Henry P Hamilton born 21 Apr 1862 youngest of 3 brothers, worked with older brthr George at _The Detroit Record_ as a printer & then with oldest brthr James at Hamilton & Baker, later Hamilton Mfg Co Credited patents USD37308 & 37309 <br>
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Linux Is Best<p><span>The only reason copyright works, is because the world's governments all agreed to respect intellectual property.<br><br>Without that, it will be a free for all. <br><br>You want to make your own Disney cartoon? Not problem. Rip the code from Microsoft Windows or macOS? Have fun. <br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Copyright" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/China" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Trade" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Patents" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Patents</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/TradeMarks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TradeMarks</a></p>
Linux Is Best<p><span>China, economically, is about to metaphorically speaking, drop a nuclear bomb, on the United States.<br><br>China has suggested they will, null and void, all American copyrights, patents, and trademarks. <br><br>Imagine everything ever created or currently being created in the United States in China's eyes, will be public domain. That is a bell, once rung, cannot be unrung. <br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/China" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/UnitedStates" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Usa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Usa</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/America" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Trade" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/CopyRight" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CopyRight</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Patents" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Patents</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Trademark" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trademark</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Economy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>DEAR <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PATENT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PATENT</span></a> LAWYERS, <br>am still watching pre-code movies, particularly movies around 1928 the year Jazz Man came out and talkies became a thing. </p><p>one thing i’ve noticed are the big PATENT NOTICES at the beginning of talkies. that has made me wonder: i have not noticed patent notices at the beginning of silent movies. </p><p>so i ask: is this why there were a fuckton of independent silent film makers? did sound film <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> help concentrate power into the Hollywood studios monopsony?</p>
petersuber<p>Update. New study: "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> investment in drugs approved from 2010 to 2019 was not less than investment by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/pharmaceutical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharmaceutical</span></a> industry, with comparable accounting for basic and applied research, failed clinical trials, and cost of capital or discount rates."<br><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2804378" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-</span><span class="invisible">health-forum/fullarticle/2804378</span></a> </p><p>PS: Relevant to (1) <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin cutbacks to NIH <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> and (2) industry <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> and licensing terms on approved drugs. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pharma</span></a></p>
Typographica<p>Fun type design and labor facts:</p><p>1. The first US design patent was a typeface patent.<br><a href="https://typographica.org/on-typography/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">typographica.org/on-typography</span><span class="invisible">/copyright-protection-of-typefaces/#comment-1418735</span></a></p><p>The US denies copyright protection for typefaces, but not font software (for now… <a href="https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/65603/#Comment_65603" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">typedrawers.com/discussion/com</span><span class="invisible">ment/65603/#Comment_65603</span></a>). </p><p>Foundries may be able to protect a type design with a patent, and a typeface name with a trademark. <br><a href="https://www.commarts.com/columns/fonts-and-the-law" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commarts.com/columns/fonts-and</span><span class="invisible">-the-law</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fonts</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typefaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Typefaces</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TrademarkLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrademarkLaw</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Printing</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a></p>
Maria Chiara Pievatolo<p>" Now that <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has announced that the terms of US free trade deals are optional (for the US, at least), there's no reason not to <strong>delete Article 6 of the <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/EUCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUCD</span></a>, and all the other laws that prevent European companies from jailbreaking</strong> iPhones and making their own App Stores (minus Apple's 30% commission), as well as ad-blockers for Facebook and Instagram's apps (which would zero out EU revenue for Meta), and, of course, jailbreaking tools for Xboxes, Teslas, and every make and model of every American car, <strong>so European companies could offer service, parts, apps, and add-ons for them</strong>."</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/obj</span><span class="invisible">ect-permanence/#picks-and-shovels</span></a></p><p>If European politicians were not vassals under the heel of the same masters, this could be a more powerful and fairer response than buying (patented) US weapons.</p><p>But the <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> defended <a href="https://poliversity.it/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> even on vaccines in the middle of a deadly pandemic. They chose death over freedom and are planning to do it again.</p>
The Japan Times<p>The Supreme Court has rejected FC2's appeals against two lower court rulings ordering the Las Vegas-based video-sharing platform operator to stop violating Japanese peer Dwango's patent on a comment-posting system. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/crime-legal/dwango-fc2-top-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">04/japan/crime-legal/dwango-fc2-top-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fc2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fc2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dwango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dwango</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>This week I've been mainly reading, no. 214. </p><p>Nicola Griffith's novel of corporate control of intellectual property & the owners' family intrigues is sort of sci-fi, but really Slow River (1995/2012) is a business thriller (both legitimate & illegitimate businesses). Its a well written & intriguing read, which has a number of reveals that work well. To the extent is steps between genres its difficult to place, but very much worth reading.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Alexander J. Stein<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patent</span></a> publications by European alternative <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protein</span></a> innovators increased by 960% since 2015, but important areas (e.g. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/plantbreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantbreeding</span></a> of better protein crops to provide raw ingredients for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/plantbased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantbased</span></a> products) remain neglected. Few <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> are published on cultivated <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> & precision <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fermentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fermentation</span></a>, and just 1% of patents relates to alternative <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a>, highlighting need for more research: <a href="https://gfieurope.org/blog/report-european-alternative-protein-patents-jump-by-960-in-10-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gfieurope.org/blog/report-euro</span><span class="invisible">pean-alternative-protein-patents-jump-by-960-in-10-years/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cleanmeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanmeat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cultivatedmeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultivatedmeat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/precisionfermentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precisionfermentation</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🎧 You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free </p><p>｢ The MP3 format, once the gold standard for digital audio files, is now free. The licensing and patents on MP3 encoders have expired, meaning you can now include them in your applications without paying royalties. For software developers and audio enthusiasts, this might seem like a big deal ｣</p><p><a href="https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is</span><span class="invisible">-free</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mp3</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/codecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>codecs</span></a></p>
E. Richard Gold<p>Canada needs to engage in asymmetric retaliation should Trump impose tariffs: we remove the concessions it previously made to US in trade agreements: <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IntellectualProperty" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IntellectualProperty</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23entertainment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entertainment</a>, etc. E.g., we need to render US-controlled <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23patents" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patents</a> useless: <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-must-hit-the-us-where-it-hurts-most-its-lucrative-patents/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-must-hit-the-us-where-it-hurts-most-its-lucrative-patents/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Opinion: Canada must hit the U...</a></p>
𝗠𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗠𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗠𝗔𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀<p>as there is this billionaire triggered craze against <a href="https://det.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <br>...just wanted to give some input </p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/patent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patent</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/mamema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mamema</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/libertarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarism</span></a></p>
GMWatch<p>West African lawyers, activists rally against GMOs. Legal activists from Nigeria and Ghana have called on the governments of both countries to ban <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GMOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMOs</span></a>, which “diminish the positive contributions of smallholder farmers who are feeding both countries.” The experts stressed concerns about GMOs are not only about safety but also the appropriation of the right to seeds by transnational corporations that deprive farmers of their traditional rights, in favour of their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> <a href="https://businessday.ng/agriculture/article/west-african-lawyers-activists-rally-against-gmos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">businessday.ng/agriculture/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/west-african-lawyers-activists-rally-against-gmos/</span></a></p>
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