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{ Monthly Archives } June 2009

Obama proposes a USPTO corporate appointment you should not believe in

Obama recently announced his intention to appoint David Kappos, IBM VP and general counsel, to head the US Patent and Trademark Office. While some press highlights his changes to US patent policy, even a quick glance at the changes reveals them to be no serious challenge to US patent policy or IBM’s power to avoid [...]

2009 06 20 J.B. Nicholson-Owens Free Software
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When will President Obama’s honeymoon end?

President Obama is the latest beneficiary of corporate stenographers to power known as the American mainstream press. The range of allowable debate makes room for NBC’s recent puff pieces on Obama’s White House while excluding issues of substance such as questioning the war in Afghanistan, examining the implications of fighting wars with mercenaries instead of [...]

2009 06 07 J.B. Nicholson-Owens Politicos Comments Off