High tech needs patent reform
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 13:56
in Mathematics & Economics
It isn't often that you see heavyweights in the tech world duking it out in a high-stakes match, with Congress as the referee. It's happening today over proposed reforms in patent law, which pits the software and information technology giants against their counterparts in biotech. The issues are as fascinating as they are thorny -- and while each side paints the choices as black and white, there's enough gray here to cover a fleet of battleships.