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SCOTUS To Hear Patentable Thought Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-out-of-my-head dept.

skayell writes "The Supreme Court of the United States will hear a landmark patent case involving whether or not thoughts and relationships are patentable. Michael Crichton's essay in the New York Times attempts a thoughtful summary of Metabolite's primary assertion: they not only own the connection between homocysteine levels in the blood and vitamin B12 deficiency, but also any thought connecting the two."

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  1. YEaH! Lets do that! Down with the U S of fucking! by CpILL · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fucking A! No more dumb ass cowboys with their fingers on the button! WOOOOOooooooH yeaH!

    So China doesn't have paitents then? Cool. Time to go there and start the demise of the evil empire (America that is), or would it jjust be putting the boot in as it cuts it dumb-ass own throwt.

    Usama ROCKS! Die America DIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Re:What's good for Big Business... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And you think the Democrats aren't bitches to the rich? Give me a break.

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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.