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DESCRIPTION:Tues, Oct. 25,  Patently Absurd: Are patents inherently bad? What would be 
 a good use of patent protection? Would we need patents under socialism? 
 \nSee http://www.marxistschool.org for a link to NPR’s "This American 
 Life" hosted by Ira Glass. This episode features a company called 
 Intellectual Ventures, a collection of shell companies without employees in 
 the East Texas town of Marshall. All these companies do is sue other 
 companies that manufacture items that are related to the patents the shell 
 companies own. The judge in Marshall forms juries that favor patent 
 holders, even if they’ve neither invented nor manufactured a damn thing.  
 \n  -- you can choose PLAY to listen to the podcast: or read the 
 transcript: \nSUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:\n •Patent Fundamentalists Threaten 
 the Future of the Planet by Mark Weisbrot\n•In Patents We Trust: How the 
 U.S. Government Learned to Stop Worrying about Monopoly and Love 
 Intellectual Property, by Michael Perelman.\n•The Political Economy of 
 Intellectual Property, by Michael Perelman. \n•Monopoly and Competition 
 in Twenty-First Century Capitalism By John Bellamy Foster, Robert W. 
 McChesney and R. Jamil Jonna. \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/22/18694429.php
SUMMARY:Discuss patents
LOCATION: SMUD Customer Service Center, 6301 “S” St., just west of 65th. 
 Handicapped parking right in front of the building. Plenty of additional 
 parking immediately across S Street. The 65th Street light rail station is 
 just on the other side of 65th. You must check in with the security guard 
 before going to the discussion. The guard can direct you to our room for 
 the evening. (They have it under “Marxist School.”) \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/22/18694429.php
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