INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Synthetic Yeast Chromosomes to Evolve on Demand

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A new form of yeast that includes synthetic DNA has been created by a team of John Hopkins researchers. This new yeast will help scientists understand how genomes work and will help them rearrange its genetic material as they wish.
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Google Bolsters Android after Acquiring 1023 Patents from IBM

Continuing the strengthening of its intellectual property, Google acquired 1,023 patents from International Business Machines Crop. (IBM). The patents range from signature verification system for documents to display system with image scanning apparatus.
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How Porno Piracy Cases Are Breaking Copyright Ground

Imagine, for a moment, that some errant instinct prompted you to want to watch an independent film called Danielle Staub Raw, which features the erstwhile Real Housewife of New Jersey engaged in certain X-rated acts. You probably wouldn’t want anyone to know that you were spending your free time watching Danielle Staub Raw. And you might prefer not paying for the movie. So it’s not too tough to discern the motivations of the more than 5,000 people who illegally downloaded the film anonymously t...
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SAP Reaches Plea Deal in Oracle Criminal Case

SAP AG agreed to plead guilty to unspecified charges in a criminal case involving unauthorized access to computers maintained by software rival Oracle Corp, according to a court filing.
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Apple Taps Japan Court to Ban Sales of Samsung Phones

Apple is seeking to ban sales of some Samsung Electronics gadgets in Japan, accusing its rival of violating patents relating to the iPhone and iPad, the latest salvo in a series of patent battles between the two companies.
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Romney puts China squarely in presidential race

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's threat to get tough with Chinese trade practices has moved China from the background to a potentially significant issue in the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Apple Steps Up Security after iPhone 5 Loss

Just days after reports surfaced that Apple lost another sensitive prototype -- this time the iPhone 5 -- the company is taking steps to ensure it keeps its devices safe.
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Apple iPhone 5 Nemesis Galaxy S2 Hits U.S.

Widely touted as the iPhone 5 killer, Samsung's Galaxy S2 smartphone has made it to the United States, quelling anticipation, and pre-empting its U.S. rival by at least two months.
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Joint U.S.-China operation busts child porn ring

A joint U.S.-China police operation has cracked a Chinese-language child pornography ring in New York, Chinese police said, an unusual public example of cooperation between the countries' law enforcement agencies.
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Biden tells China cooperation key for global economy

Global economic health rests on the United States and China finding common ground, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, in talks aimed at shoring up faith in the dollar.

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