But seriously, does this mean that if Bain buys a company that holds a patent for the gene that gave me blue eyes, they can sue me and my children for patent infringement?
If genes are patentable than would the act of procreation be in violation of patent laws if the child is born with the patented gene(s)?
If I assign my rights to my genes away, as the Mayo Clinic has asked me to, what rights to those same genes do my children, who inherited the genes from me, have?
It the people that own/run the corporations that have more rights than individuals. Corporations are nothing more than aprons which serve to protect the wealth and power of the 1%. That's the "beauty" of being a limited liability corporation; do as you want to rip off, or even kill and maim, people, keep the profits and let the corporation take the blame.
Actually the fed's lawsuit was very effective against Microsoft and would have been even more effective had the Bush administration not dropped it. Apple would not be where it is today, (most likely there would be no Apple,) without the fed lawsuit as the tactic Gates employed would have driven Apple out of business just as countless of other companies with superior technology were. Apple was used by MS for a very long time to justify it's untrue claim of not being a monopoly and that is why Apple survived in it's niche.
I can't help but wonder if this is not part of the secret agreement that Obama reached with big pharma when he first came into office. This is going to hurt a lot of people who can't afford to buy their medications in the US and benefit only the people that own big pharma.
Here's my reason and the same applies to other people I know:
Using Google to find a reputable Canadian pharmacy was the only way I could afford to get my prescription filled. Insurance refused to cover it as it was off-label use (never mind all the studies I provided them as to it's efficacy, the fact my doctor prescribed it, and the fact it is working.) The one pill per day I am on would cost me $18 per pill about half my disability pay whereas the MSRP on the box I get from the Canadian pharmacy is $0.14 per pill (a markup of $17.86 above the generic list price.) And I must mention that the drug is off patent so it should be "inexpensive" but the company that makes the drug paid off the generic drug makers to not import the drug into the US.
Thank you Google for helping me get my needed medications at an affordable price.
Re: They are not your genes
they are mine!
But seriously, does this mean that if Bain buys a company that holds a patent for the gene that gave me blue eyes, they can sue me and my children for patent infringement?
Does this mean
if procreation passes the patented gene the parents are in violation of the patent?
I'm confused?
If genes are patentable than would the act of procreation be in violation of patent laws if the child is born with the patented gene(s)?
If I assign my rights to my genes away, as the Mayo Clinic has asked me to, what rights to those same genes do my children, who inherited the genes from me, have?
ATT can lose big
"Pro-tem Judge Russell Nadel found in favor of Spaccarelli in Ventura Superior Court in Simi Valley on Friday, saying it wasn't fair for the company to purposely slow down his iPhone, when it had sold him an "unlimited data" plan."
--- http://news.yahoo.com/judge-awards-iphone-user-850-throttling-case-195042925.html
I just converted
from FSM to Kopimism!
I wonder if the Sweden will give me asylum when the US authorities go after me because of my religious practices?
Does this mean that SOPA, if (or when?) passed is an infringement on my right of religious freedom?
Re: Re: Re: List of Companies
It the people that own/run the corporations that have more rights than individuals. Corporations are nothing more than aprons which serve to protect the wealth and power of the 1%. That's the "beauty" of being a limited liability corporation; do as you want to rip off, or even kill and maim, people, keep the profits and let the corporation take the blame.
Re: Re: List of Companies
Only if you are a corporation.
MS Lawsuit
Actually the fed's lawsuit was very effective against Microsoft and would have been even more effective had the Bush administration not dropped it. Apple would not be where it is today, (most likely there would be no Apple,) without the fed lawsuit as the tactic Gates employed would have driven Apple out of business just as countless of other companies with superior technology were. Apple was used by MS for a very long time to justify it's untrue claim of not being a monopoly and that is why Apple survived in it's niche.
Now if we can just get rid of software patents.
Part of the Obama Secret Pharmaceutical Agreement?
I can't help but wonder if this is not part of the secret agreement that Obama reached with big pharma when he first came into office. This is going to hurt a lot of people who can't afford to buy their medications in the US and benefit only the people that own big pharma.
Here's my reason and the same applies to other people I know:
Using Google to find a reputable Canadian pharmacy was the only way I could afford to get my prescription filled. Insurance refused to cover it as it was off-label use (never mind all the studies I provided them as to it's efficacy, the fact my doctor prescribed it, and the fact it is working.) The one pill per day I am on would cost me $18 per pill about half my disability pay whereas the MSRP on the box I get from the Canadian pharmacy is $0.14 per pill (a markup of $17.86 above the generic list price.) And I must mention that the drug is off patent so it should be "inexpensive" but the company that makes the drug paid off the generic drug makers to not import the drug into the US.
Thank you Google for helping me get my needed medications at an affordable price.