I think this is legally speculative enough to not need direct
attention. To use patents to restrict written speech is, to use a
phrase, patently weird (this sort of thing is practically *always* the
domain of copyright law). I doubt the courts will uphold this, and
anyway I doubt we need to worry about it specifically in any case, for
now.
FF
On 3/20/06, Jonathan <dzonatas(a)dzonux.net> wrote:
As I looked at
slashdot.org today. I saw a message
yesterday about the
possible patent violation when a lack of B12 to homocysteine is mentioned.
Here is the wikipedia article that follow the claim:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_nutrition
The quote is simple: "Vitamin B12 destroys Homocysteine, a neurotoxin
the body naturally produces."
The patent would make it invalid to include such claim without royalty.
The news article is entitled "The essay breaks the law" by Michael Crichton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/opinion/19crichton.html?ex=1300424400&…
Freakin' POV pushers!
Jonathan
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