December 1 Lecture on Gene Patents by ACLU Attorney Chris Hansen
The December 1 Yale ISP Speaker Series, co-sponsored with the Yale Law School Chapter of the American Constitution Society, will feature ACLU lawyer Chris Hansen discussing “Gene Patents: Patently Unconstitutional?” Chris Hansen is the lead attorney in Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office. The case addresses the patenting of the [...]
Talk by EFF’s Fred Von Lohmann November 17
The November 17 ISP Speaker Series will feature Fred Von Lohmann, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s senior staff attorney specializing in intellectual property matters. The name of his talk is “Owners of Copies v. Copyright Owners: Understanding Copyright’s Exhaustion Doctrine.” The Ninth Circuit is poised to rule on three appeals that bring up the same issue: [...]
Final Panel: the View from the Newsroom
It’s an honor to be liveblogging the final panel, featuring Linda Greenhouse, David Carr, Marcia Chambers, Bill Mitchell, and Ari Paul, and moderated by Emily Bazelon. Linda Greenhouse observes that the Harvard Crimson created an endowment to subsidize students who otherwise would have had to do work-study at other parts of the university. Describes the [...]
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