IP: Cornell Sues: More Junkmail from Bob!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Cornell Sues
>
> Cornell University has a new method of fundraising -- lawsuits. Even 
> though they've got a famous law school, Cornell has enlisted the Los 
> Angeles and New York City offices of the firm of Sidley Austin Brown & 
> Wood to sue HP for a 1989 patent concerning parallel computer 
> instructions. The research for the patent was funded partly by the government.
>
> Cornell's patent policy (http://www.univco.cornell.edu/policy/patent.html) 
> says, "Cornell University's primary obligation in conducting research is 
> the pursuit of knowledge for the benefit and use of society."  Cornell's 
> administration says, "We want a hundred million dollars."
>
>
> http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20020105/topstories/1421946.html
>
> Even Scientific American is writing about stupid patents issued by the USPTO.
>
>         http://www.sciam.com/2002/0202issue/0202patents.html

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