Patenting Synthetic Life

Patenting Synthetic Life

Hi Everyone, I was thinking about the Harvard Mouse case and the discussion of the patentability of life forms and thought about something which wasn’t discussed in the case; could you patent a higher life form if it were made synthetically. The higher lifeform argument failed to meet the ‘manufacture’ or ‘composition of matter’ criteria […]

Patent Troll Awarded $2.2 Billion Against Intel

Patent Troll Awarded $2.2 Billion Against Intel

Hey everyone, I came across this story and thought it would be interesting to share with everyone. The gist of it is that a company whose only business is buying old patents and prosecuting claimed infringements of them sued Intel for a cumulative $11 billion and this week a jury in Texas deliberated on two […]