intellectual property
Women, Technology, Glitter Pancakes and Existential Unease at the Malibu Barbie Cafe
What Barbie means in 2023 seems as unclear to the designers of the Barbie Malibu Cafe as to anyone else—but they do make a great garlic aioli.
Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright Law
Up to 75 percent of books published before 1964 may now be in the public domain, according to researchers at the New York Public Library.
Nokia Asks Open-Source ‘Notkia’ Phone Project to Change Its Name
The project formerly known as "Notkia" is being forced to find a new name.
Psychedelic Patents are Broken Because the Patent System Is Broken
Pharmaceutical patents are used to extend monopolies, leading to high drug prices, and reduced access. Will the psychedelic industry follow suit?
Senators Call on Biden to Temporarily Waive Vaccine Patents
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and eight other senators want to let all countries locally manufacture the tools to fight COVID-19.
Is it Possible to Create an Ethical Psychedelics Company?
The debate around psychedelic patents reflects a deeper question about how to create a business model that puts values before profits.
This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things
The USPTO rejected two patents applications written by a "creativity engine" named DABUS. Now a lawsuit raises fundamental questions about what it means to be creative.
Inside the Secretive Chinese Telecom That Trump Just Banned
Huawei tried to save its image over a weeklong press junket.
People Boycotting PepsiCo After It Sued Farmers Over Patented Potatoes May Have Saved the Day
The multinational company, which was demanding damages of over 10 million from four farmers in India, gave in to public pressure and offered to settle.
A Massive Number of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve
Why the copyright terms on a goldmine of works from 1923 are about to expire.
This Peanut Butter-Flavored Beer Looks Like A KKK Member
And yet somehow neither of those things is why it might be discontinued.