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Contra Costa Times (California) On Tuesday, two consumer groups filed challenges with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking to have the…
Jul 18, 2006
The Wall Street Journal John Simpson, an official at the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, who is bringing the challenge, says…
Jul 18, 2006University of Wisconsin Affiliate Claims Rights to All Embryonic Stem Cells Used for Research
Jul 18, 2006Eureka Times Standard (California) The telephone and cable companies claim all they want is a level playing field. To that, I say…
Jul 17, 2006The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has campaigned for healthcare reforms that always…
Jul 16, 2006The Los Angeles Times "Californians have waited 17 years, six months and eight days to end the system of basing auto insurance…
Jul 15, 2006State will share in firms' earnings based on fruits of university research.Sacramento Bee The royalty decision was a compromise. The biotech industry…
Jul 15, 2006Contra Costa Times (California) Supporters (of Prop 71) have high hopes for the research, believing it will lead to new therapies and…
Jul 15, 2006THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Democrats are supposed to care about people who are being forced to choose between filling up their cars…
Jul 15, 2006State Agency Approves Commissioner Garamendi's New Rules To Base Auto Premiums on Motorists' Driving Records Rather Than ZIP Code; Insurers Must File…
Jul 15, 2006Don't weaken rules on stem cell licensingSacramento Bee CIRM needs to stay true to the promise of Proposition 71, which voters approved…
Jul 13, 2006THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE This week, the Automobile Club of Southern California broke ranks with the industry and said it would voluntarily…
Jul 13, 2006Associated Press The Auto Club's decision sends a message to other insurers that "they can respect the wishes of the voters and…
Jul 11, 2006BAY AREA FIRMS RESIST INSURER'S MOVE TO BASE POLICY ON DRIVING RECORDSan Jose Mercury News (California) "Californians have been waiting since 1988…
Jul 11, 2006Pasadena Star-News (California) "Across the state, certainly across the county, you see rate disparities from one ZIP code to the next that…
Jul 11, 2006