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R&D Dept

Academia versus business – xkcd.com

by D. C. Toedt on November 18, 2009

Contractor includes GPL code in deliverable – customer has to publish its own source code

by D. C. Toedt on November 16, 2009

Quick, patent it! – NY Times editorial

by D. C. Toedt on November 8, 2009

Barnes & Noble sued for Nook e-book reader’s alleged misappropriation of trade secrets provided under nondisclosure agreement

by D. C. Toedt on November 3, 2009

Stanford loses patent rights because one of its researchers signed a partner company’s visitor agreement

by D. C. Toedt on October 5, 2009

Kara v. Stamps.com – another illustration of the dangers of going it alone after signing a nondisclosure agreement to see someone’s technology

by D. C. Toedt on September 29, 2009

Disclosures of technical data to foreign grad students get retired physics professor 4 years in federal prison for export controls violations

by D. C. Toedt on July 6, 2009

Letters of intent: their highest and best use is disavowing a binding contract

by D. C. Toedt on June 30, 2009

Netflix Prize contest rules – a crowdsourcing drafting resource

by D. C. Toedt on June 27, 2009

Foreign encryption-possession restrictions may catch travelers carrying laptops or smartphones

by D. C. Toedt on June 24, 2009

Quicken, TurboTax maker signs $120 million patent license agreement with leading ‘non-practicing entity’

by D. C. Toedt on June 24, 2009

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