Word: patent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Health in Bethesda, Md., and at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. At issue: who was first to isolate the virus that causes AIDS and first to develop a blood-screening test to detect AIDS infection. At stake: national pride, possibly a Nobel Prize and perhaps millions of dollars in patent royalties on the blood test...
...Crimson is not just indirectly promoting sexism, it's activley displaying it for anyone willing to pay twenty cents. Therefore, we would like to make a simple suggestion. Stop running the ad. It's not only an act of hypocrisy, but it's also in bad taste. David Patent '88 Rick Borovoy '88 Yongjin...
Those happy days soon came to an end. A month after the ENIAC's public unveiling, Eckert and Mauchly resigned rather than turn their patent rights over to the university. Five years later they developed the first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, but business reversals forced them to sell their fledgling computer company to Remington Rand. The final insult came in 1973. Seeking to invalidate Mauchly and Eckert's patent for "the" electronic computer, Honeywell convinced a federal judge that Mauchly had based his ideas for ENIAC on the work of a computer pioneer named John Atanasoff. The patent was dismissed...
While it remains the world's leading maker of photographic equipment, Kodak (est. 1985 sales: $10.6 billion) has been suffering a string of negative developments. In January the company lost a patent-infringement suit brought by Polaroid, and dropped out of the instant-camera market. Last week Kodak announced that weak 1985 earnings will compel it to eliminate 10% of its 129,000 jobs. The company also plans to cut out raises for 130 top executives in 1986 and to reduce overall spending...
Chris Farley had the guts to rain on America's parade (pronounced facade), and discuss issues that often leave a bad taste going down. When are the rest of us? David Patent...