Word: patentable
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...outsider hero from East of Eden in the unhappy-family saga Legends of the Fall and played Anne Rice's Louis as a vampire without a cause. He's good at it, but in Hollywood there are a million broody hunks; Pitt has the primacy but not the patent. Paltrow could be something different, maybe unique. She could bring elegance, lightness of touch, pedigree--what used to be called class--back to American movie acting. She has shown glimpses of it in earlier work, as Pitt's anxious wife in Seven and as the ultimate prom date in The Pallbearer...
Harvard has filed a complaint against Abbott Laboratories, Inc. for an alleged infringement of a University-held patent on a polypeptide found...
...support owed by the University to its scientists and to the public includes the full and energetic defense of the legitimate rights of the legitimate rights afforded by patent protection," Dean of the School of Public Health Harvey V. Fineberg '67 said in a statement on Thursday...
...Sandra Day O'Connor and Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who have voted in several cases to expand states' rights. Justice John Paul Stevens, who opposed them, warned that Wednesday's action "prevents Congress from providing a federal forum for a broad range of actions against states, from . . . copyright and patent law to . . . bankruptcy, environmental law and the regulation of our vast national economy." The ruling rejuvenated the 11th Amendment, which restricts judicial powers given to the legislative branch. It also ended Congress' exclusive power in making laws affecting Native Americans...
...device for his daughter Ashley, 4, who suffers from multiple handicaps, including excessive buildup of stomach gas. The mechanism has a valve to control the flow of liquids and an air vent to allow gas to escape. The plumber and M.I.T.'s Technology Licensing Office now have a registered patent. He says, "I did this out of necessity in a desperate, frustrating situation...