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Dubbing themselves the Graffiti Research Lab and backed by Eyebeam, a not-for-profit dedicated to patent-free open-source technology, Roth and Powderly set their invention loose on the Internet, where it quickly developed a passionate following. Others were soon adding improvements the duo had never thought of, such as timers and on-off switches. A website sprang up selling throwie kits--much to Roth's delight. "We want to get people excited about using public spaces," he says. "And get them excited about art." --By Ta-Nehisi Coates and Carolina A. Miranda...
...what's a corporate lawyer doing atop the world's largest drug company? Saving it in court. The company is facing a flood of legal challenges. Among them: drugmaker Novo Nordisk recently claimed patent infringements for Pfizer's upcoming inhaled-insulin drug, Exubera, and Pfizer is being sued over Celebrex, its controversial Cox-2 inhibitor pain medication. Bonus points: Kindler knows his way around Washington, which should help Pfizer navigate the regulatory swamp. He has some operations cred too. At McDonald's, he led the turnaround of Boston Market...
...course, shrewd lawyering won't help Pfizer where it matters most: developing new medicines. Pfizer's biggest product, Lipitor, could lose its patent protection within four years. And Wall Street is losing patience with the pace of new-drug development. Pfizer's share price has slumped more than 30% since 2001. Former CEO McKinnell didn't help matters, appearing aloof to investor concerns while pocketing more than $140 million during his tenure, including a retirement package worth an estimated $83 million. Mending fences with shareholders will be critical for Kindler. They are, after all, paying his salary...
...recent dinner party, it certainly was the mixture that did it—a quintet of five glorious wines that brought me back to loving California, inebriation not required (or achieved). It’s the little things you appreciate about a place, and Northern California’s patent wine snobbery sends me into epicurean revelry. Don’t get me wrong: I love Cambridge. But let’s face it, the closest an average Harvard student gets to enjoying wine is guzzling a seven-dollar magnum of Yellowtail, which might as well be packaged...
Filming in his usual Pennsylvania locale, Shyamalan creates an patent allegory for multicultural American society. The apartment complex, where much of the story happens, a Benetton-like array of races and personalities, from chain-smoking twenty-somethings to a weightlifter with a preference for his right arm. “Melting pot” doesn’t begin to do it justice...