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...case of infringement for a judge to issue an injunction, compelling many companies to pay the trolls to go away. U.S. House Republican Lamar Smith, co-sponsor of a reform bill, wants to slow the litigation gravy train. "We need a judicial system that does not reward people who file shaky claims on patents," he says...
That helps the bureaucracy, but it won't end the patent arms race. "Companies know that it's easier to get patents and that patent protection is more powerful than it was in the past," says Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner. Microsoft alone filed 3,000 patents in 2004. Which is fine, say experts like Lerner. The problem is that companies also file patents defensively, to stymie competition. "There are large firms that used to be big innovators, but no more," he says. Those large firms, he says, aren't much different from small-time trolls...
Naturally, iTunes is open, and Piers is blasting a mix of Queen, AC/DC, classic rock and hip-hop. Somewhere on the screen there's a Word file, in which Piers is writing an essay for English class. "I usually finish my homework at school," he explains to a visitor, "but if not, I pop a book open on my lap in my room, and while the computer is loading, I'll do a problem or write a sentence. Then, while mail is loading, I do more. I get it done a little bit at a time...
...prioritize one set of beliefs over another proved to be quite appealing to the founding fathers of America, particularly those residing in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Last Saturday, none other than the Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney jeopardized Locke’s vision as he announced that he would file a bill that would exempt religious groups from a Massachusetts law designed to prevent discrimination against gays, arguing that this law violates the religious freedom of Catholics...
...Revere battalion flag takes his place at the end. Two cadets each take command of part of the line. “Fall in! Right face! Forward march!” they shout. “Left, left, left right left.” The cadets march in single file. The cadets strike up cadences to time their march, reminiscent of summer camp, but with a definite army twist. “Oh my buddy’s in a foxhole / a bullet in his head. / Our leader says he’s wounded / but I know that...