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@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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