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Gouging you and me

Legal SystemInterventionismPrices

Blog06/13/2007

In May, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead to fines as high as $3 million per day for gasoline price gouging, which it defined as charging a price that "grossly exceeds the average price offered for sale by that person during the 30 days prior" or "...

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A Patent Lie

Legal SystemInterventionismMonopoly and Competition

Blog06/09/2007

Nice op-ed (...

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Revenge of the Antitrustians

Legal SystemInterventionismMonopoly and Competition

Blog06/05/2007

It's been said that a small but determined group of anti-American religious fanatics who "hate us for our freedom" pose a mortal danger to the nation. I actually agree with that premise — but the religious fanatics that concern me don't pray to Allah or live in the...

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Revolutionary Television Design Killed by Patents

Legal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog05/29/2007

Ah, gotta love the "innovation-stimulating" effect of the federal-legislation-created patent system: SED televisions delayed, again -- possibly forever:

"Damn, not another SED...

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The stimulating effect of patents

Legal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog05/24/2007

Nokia, Qualcomm in patent tussle describes the battles being waged between Qualcomm and Nokia over cell phone-related patents. IP proponents claim that the patent system "stimulates innovation". IBut it's...

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The FDA-Patent Pharmaceutical mess

Legal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog05/23/2007

Federal Circuit Snubs Pfizer On Norvasc Rehearing discusses a recent legal dispute that involves the FDA and patents and exemplifies what a mess and waste the FDA and patent system...

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Deconstructing GovernmentSpeak: When More Regulation Eases the Burden of Regulation

Legal SystemCapital and Interest Theory

Blog05/20/2007

Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel is complaining about US regulation, stating that the US is losing business to Europe and Asia because of the strangling effects of its regulatory policy. It is said that "cumbersome accounting rules and litigiousness are deterring investors from US...

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Microsoft, Patents, and Open Source Software

Legal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog05/14/2007

Microsoft takes on the free world reports: "Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It...

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Patent Law: Baby Steps--Update

Legal SystemInterventionismMonopoly and Competition

Blog04/30/2007

As noted in my previous post, the case KSR International v. Teleflex was an important patent case pending before the Supreme Court. The question involved whether it should be more difficult to obtain a patent for a claimed invention in a...

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