Constitutional Law

  • New law will make it easier to punish child molesters (San Jose Mercury News)
    Five years after Maricela Montes walked out of a Santa Clara County courthouse in tears and her alleged rapist walked free, a local lawmaker and prosecutor are celebrating a new law inspired by the Gilroy teen that makes it easier to prosecute child molesters whose victims wait years to report the crimes.
  • Early voting opens for constitutional amendments (Brownwood Bulletin)
    A proposed ban on gay marriage is expected to be the big ballot draw as Texans start casting early votes today for the Nov. 8 constitutional amendments election.
  • Govt could override states on terrorism laws, says expert (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
    A constitutional law expert says the Federal Government has the power to override the states in bringing in its proposed anti-terrorism laws.
  • Law Council backs concerns over anti-terror bill (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
    The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has backed concerns the proposed new counter-terrorism legislation is at odds with the constitution.
  • N.J. Issues Curfew for Sex Offenders (AP via Yahoo! News)
    New Jersey sex offenders who face supervision under Megan’s Law will be confined to their homes on Halloween and will be under orders not to answer the door when trick-or-treaters come calling.
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Patents

  • Free to right home: any of IBM’s patents (San Jose Mercury News)
    IBM is unlocking the rights to its entire portfolio of patents to software developers creating technology for the health care and education fields.
  • IBM expands free access to patents (ZDNet)
    Health-care, education groups can use patents in open-software standards for Web services, e-forms and open document formats.
  • IBM Offers Free Access To Education, Healthcare Patents (Linux Pipeline)
    IBM has unveiled an initiative to improve interoperability and access through open-source software standards, offering royalty-free access to hundreds of patents relevant to the two market segments.
  • IBM offers access to its patents for certain uses (Boston Globe)
    IBM Corp. is set to unveil an initiative today that will allow royalty-free access to its 45,000 patents for computer software developers who are seeking to create new healthcare and education applications around open standards.
  • Health Regulators to Look at Looser Patents for Bird-Flu Pill (Bloomberg.com)
    Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — Health regulators in 30 countries, fearing a possible outbreak of bird flu in humans, will examine loosening patent laws so more countries can produce Roche Holding AG’s flu drug, Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said.
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