[Tfug] Domain names

[johngalt1]

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From: "Robert Hunter" <>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Domain names


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> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 10:39:21AM -0700, johngalt1 wrote:
>> Or how about reserving a concept not accomplished or 
>> fully
>> realized? (US Patents, esp software patents) Then one is
>> able to parasitically sue the people who made the idea 
>> work?
>
> Another twisted variation on that theme is the patenting 
> of human
> genes.  Read on, if you want to develop a new level of 
> disgust for the
> US patent system...
>
> The travesty of patenting human genes is that such patents 
> frequently
> fail to meet the criteria of novelty and usefulness. 
> E.g., a bio-tech
> company will identify a segment of human DNA as a "gene", 
> but will
> have no understanding of what its biological function is. 
> Betting on
> the possibility that someday the gene will prove useful in 
> some manner
> ( e.g., pharmaceutical$ ), these folks will submit a 
> patent for the
> gene with a contrived purpose, such as using the sequence 
> to
> identify that particular segment of the human genome. 
> That would be
> analogous in software to patenting an executable program 
> for the sake
> of being able to do a byte comparisons with other 
> executables, thusly
> to identify copies.  As far as I know, the US is the only 
> country which
> accepts these ludicrous patents.

Arrgh, That reminds me of the BS where Monsanto for example 
patents a genetically engineered crop seed.

The farmers get a license to grow that crop.

Then, suppose the crop germinates, flowers and the pollen 
spreads to neighboring fields. Then the company has grounds 
to sue the neighbors based on that they have not paid the 
license fee to grow that species.






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