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Baseball and patent reform?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

In Baseball, Steroids, and Patent Reform, one has the line:

While others at the water cooler expressed disbelief that our elected officials called Roger Clemens to testify, I cheered. I?m thrilled Congress is dealing with this issue. Do I really care about juiced-up pitchers? No, not really. I?m just happy Congress is focusing their energy on baseball and getting their minds off something they can really mess up, like ?reforming? the patent system.

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The proposed legislation, by lowering the value of patents, is bad for anyone that relies on patent protection to promote innovation, including the biotechnology industry, universities, and non-profit research institutes. It hurts investment in early stage technology, an important part of the Massachusetts economy.

Hmmm, "baseball and patent reform" --> "baseball and Ballantine"

Full post as published by IPBiz on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).