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OMG, the FTC is going to regulate bloggers, WTF?

FTC   FTW
Last October, the Federal Trade Commission introduced a new of set of rules that would require bloggers, tweeters, etc… to disclose any free products they received or financial interests in products they review.  As Wired Magazine put it, the FTC is trying to, “prevent the net from being flooded with paid-for reviews which [...]

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2010 03 04 Uncategorized Comments (1)

Should Business Methods be Patentable?

In recent years it would seem that the question of whether business methods should be patentable has come under significant debate (see judge Mayer’s dissent in Bilski).  Business methods have been patentable in the United States since the first patent law was enacted by the Founding Fathers in 1790, so why is this such a [...]

2010 01 21 Uncategorized Comments (0)