Word: patent
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...business has given Samsonite reason to revisit its roots. When shopping for Black Label Couture, customers can choose the lining, trim, hardware and thread that will be used to make their bags--a total of more than 2,000 different possible combinations, including unconventional materials like velvet, alligator and patent leather. With the aid of computer technology, sales associates can show customers what their creation will look like as they style it. Depending on the materials and style, prices range from $750 to $2,000-- affordable by designer standards--and delivery takes from six to 12 weeks. Styles include hatbox...
When a Medical School researcher obtains a patent, he or she often sells licensing rights to a small biotech startup rather than a pharmaceutical giant. Large firms often are unwilling to take risks on new and untested technologies...
...Boston said of the many individuals who ask him about his height to start a conversation. “It’s kind of awkward, but it’s kind of endearing.”Through these recurring experiences, Boston has also been able to patent the response of “six-foot-sexy” to this question.Added Beers, “I kind of like the attention.”Seemingly, the grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side motto does not come into play with these five athletes, as none of them said that...
...profits. What [Abbott is] doing is childish, petty, and awful.” Representatives for Abbott could not be reached for comment. But a spokesman for the company told the AP last month that the decision not to allow production of generic drugs was made because Thailand was ignoring patent laws. “Thailand has revoked the patent on our medicine, ignoring the patent system. Under these circumstances, we have elected not to introduce new medicines there,” Dirk Van Eeden, public affairs director of Abbott International, told the Associated Press (AP). Wearing shirts reading...
That would have surprised the Jamestown settlers, who faced an array of challenges, all of them together crushing. It was a project of the London Co., a group of merchants with a royal patent: Imagine that Congress gave Wal-Mart and General Electric permission to colonize Mars. But of necessity, the day-to-day decisions were made in Jamestown, and its leaders were always fighting. Leaders who were incompetent or unpopular--sometimes the most competent were the least popular--were deposed on the spot. The typical 17th century account of Jamestown argues that everything would have gone well if everyone...