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...while President Clinton seems determined to control some forms of Web content, he's taking a hands-off approach to Web commerce. In presenting a policy paper designed to serve as blueprint for government control of the Internet, from copyright protections to privacy considerations, the President called for key patent and intellectual property policies to be developed in the next year. While the paper recommends that the government maintain restrictions on the export of sophisticated encryption technology, it takes the position that the U.S. should not impose any new taxes on Web commerce, meaning transactions conducted on the Internet...
...committing to Paul (Dann Fink), her loving and caring fiance. Amy's anxiety culminates in the tongue-twisting "Getting Married Today." Speros executes the take-your-breath-away number impeccably, receiving thunderous applause from the audience halfway through the song. And Marie Danvers, who plays the stewardess April, should patent her ditz...
...programming parentage of a modern microprocessor as it would be of figuring out which Sierra mountain stream was the source of a glass of water taken from San Francisco Bay. In fact, some observers think the suit's lasting legacy could well be revision of a body of patent law increasingly inadequate to handle the staggering intricacies of digital technology...
Digital's surprise assault was impeccably timed: the previous week Intel had celebrated the launch of next-generation chip Pentium II. And the day of Digital's suit, microprocessor upstart Cyrix quietly filed its own patent-infringement claim against Intel. Digital followed a day later with full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and San Jose Mercury News. Wall Street took the bait, wrist slapping Intel's soaring stock down $6 and backslapping Digital up $2 in the belief that the microchip David wouldn't rile Goliath unless it had a really, really good case...
...heads to buy a new cummerbund-bow-tie combo and splurges a little by renting a pair of shiny, patent-leather dress shoes. He leaves the store happy, but nervous nonetheless...