united states law

n=2


a: Copyright ~
b: owning a building

What: "By way of analogy, owning a copyright is like owning a building. If someone wants to live in the building, the person must own the building, or the person lease some or all of the space in the building from the owner."

Useful?
Writer: Gregg R. Zegarelli,
LCC: KF
Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:43 PM


A Tree Is A Tree Is A Treeee

a: Patenting a gene ~
b: trying to patent a tree

What: Or, as William Hazeltine, former Pres of HGSI says: "Trying to patent a human gene is like trying to patent a tree. You can patent a table that you build from a tree, but you cannot patent the tree itself."

Useful?
Writer: William Hazeltine
LCC: KF
Where:
Date: May 7 2013 5:38 PM



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