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Groups Target Stem Cell Patents
Science Magazine Online "All [WARF] really did here was follow what a number of stem cell scientists were showing," says John Simpson…
Jul 18, 2006Consumer groups file to have stem cell patents rescinded
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, 2006How a University’s Patents May Limit Stem-Cell Research
The Wall Street Journal John Simpson, an official at the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, who is bringing the challenge, says…
Jul 18, 2006Groups Challenge Stem Cell Patents That Loot Taxpayer Funds and Force Research Overseas
University of Wisconsin Affiliate Claims Rights to All Embryonic Stem Cells Used for Research
Jul 18, 2006Level playing field for whom?
Eureka Times Standard (California) The telephone and cable companies claim all they want is a level playing field. To that, I say…
Jul 17, 2006CEO to Out of State Donors: Arnold is Our Insurance Policy
The head of America's 7th largest insurance company recently wrote Illinois-based CEOs and big business barons about a $25,000 per head Schwarzenegger…
Jul 17, 2006Healthcare in Need of Major Surgery
The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has campaigned for healthcare reforms that always…
Jul 16, 2006New System for Determining Auto Insurance Rates Backed
The Los Angeles Times "Californians have waited 17 years, six months and eight days to end the system of basing auto insurance…
Jul 15, 2006Biotech profit plan is OK’d:
State will share in firms' earnings based on fruits of university research.Sacramento Bee The royalty decision was a compromise. The biotech industry…
Jul 15, 2006Panel scraps stem cell discovery-sharing rule
Contra Costa Times (California) Supporters (of Prop 71) have high hopes for the research, believing it will lead to new therapies and…
Jul 15, 2006Big Oil lobbyists stall bills in Legislature that industry opposes
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Democrats are supposed to care about people who are being forced to choose between filling up their cars…
Jul 15, 2006Prop 103’s Good Driver Reforms Clear Last Hurdle
State Agency Approves Commissioner Garamendi's New Rules To Base Auto Premiums on Motorists' Driving Records Rather Than ZIP Code; Insurers Must File…
Jul 15, 2006Loyal to royalties;
Don't weaken rules on stem cell licensingSacramento Bee CIRM needs to stay true to the promise of Proposition 71, which voters approved…
Jul 13, 2006