Word: patent
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...very idea makes Rosen go ballistic: "It's the height of arrogance for Philips to worry about its patent royalties when we're worrying about the health of the industry," she says. But if an industry giant like Philips distances itself from copy protection, the whole enterprise could be counterproductive. A logoless, warning-labeled CD is not going to look as attractive to customers as its unprotected counterparts. Besides, who wants to run even a slight risk that a disc might not work in all machines? "We're hearing that kids have slowed down their purchases of music CDs because...
...When I was a sophomore, LSD was just coming into its own as the drug of choice for the philosophically and intellectually inclined—it had a patent of respectability and was different from just getting high,” he says. “I was eager to try it because I was intellectually adventurous and saw it as an opportunity to blow me into a new place, a state of non-existence...
...Ishii is the kind of fellow who apologizes at the end of an interview when he thinks his answers haven't been witty enough. And he doesn't mind when a laugh comes at his expense. A Los Angeles columnist noticed the patent leather satchel Ishii sometimes carries his wallet in and jokingly suggested that a purse doesn't make him seem intimidating enough. "Then I will carry two purses," Ishii replied...
...THINKERS To help assess the growing tide of innovations that washes across its desks, the Patent and Trademark Office is desperate to find more qualified engineers and intellectual-property lawyers. Other high-end specialists are needed, such as drug reviewers at the FDA; accountants and statisticians at the Labor and Treasury departments, the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission; and trade experts at Commerce...
...they used to talk about the military-industrial complex,” she says. “I think what you now have to talk about is the whole patent-corporate culture...