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Patent Troll Going After Alzheimer's Researchers

Posted by Soulskill on from the king-of-trolls dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from Nature News: "The website of the Alzheimer's Institute of America (AIA) doesn't reveal much about the organization, but portrays it as committed to supporting research and patients. Among people who study Alzheimer's disease, however, the AIA, based in St Louis, Missouri, is best known for filing lawsuits against companies and researchers — a practice that scientists say could hamper the progress of research into combating the dreaded disease."

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  1. Meanwhile, AIA CEO Darl McBride ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... demanded a $799 license fee from every sufferer of Alzheimer's Disease, since he owns the copyrights to the disease.

    Darl: "How dare you develop that disease without paying me first!"

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