• German Federal Court of Justice confirms Zoe Life cloud computing patent https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/german-federal-court-of-justice-confirms-zoe-life-software-patent/ 2 comments 7/12/2021
• Life for a startup on the receiving end of a patent law suit http://pandodaily.com/2013/07/19/for-whom-the-bell-trolls-life-for-a-startup-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-patent-law-suit/ 98 comments 19/7/2013
• New Patent Law Actually Makes Life Harder For Startups http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/19/new-patent-law-first-to-file-startups/ 31 comments 19/9/2011

• After Decades of Pressure, US Drugmaker J&J Gives Up Patent on Life-Saving TB Drug https://thewire.in/health/after-decades-of-pressure-us-drugmaker-jj-gives-up-patent-on-life-saving-tb-drug 148 comments 1/10/2023 upliftingnews
• Jonas Salk gave away his polio vaccine patent for free. Gilead charges $42,500 for life-saving HIV medication. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/03/2024/livesaving-hiv-drug-will-be-sold-cheap-in-africa-and-asia 18 comments 3/10/2024 politics
• I propose a new rule: if at any point a manufacturer is unable to keep up with demand for a life-saving drug their patents shall immediate expire. http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-17/lifestyle/29897068_1_drug-shortages-cancer-drugs-doxil 3 comments 20/8/2011 reddit.com
• Haptics company that successfully sued multiple tech giants goes after Valve | Immersion says the Steam Deck, Valve Index, and Half-Life: Alyx infringe on its patents https://www.techspot.com/news/98720-haptics-company-successfully-sued-multiple-tech-giants-goes.html 7 comments 17/5/2023 technews
• Second Life joins the metaverse discussion with the return of its founder — and some key patents https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22881864/metaverse-second-life-decentralized-moderation-patent-virtual-reality 22 comments 14/1/2022 cryptocurrency
• Global Poor 'Facing Life or Death' as Rich Nations Block Vaccine Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/13/global-poor-facing-life-or-death-rich-nations-block-vaccine-patent-waiver 44 comments 13/9/2021 worldnews
• 'This is about life and death': Pharmaceutical patents threaten India's generic drug industry http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-28/what-india-pfizer-patent-decision-means-for-region-health/8981206 3 comments 28/9/2017 worldnews
• Google Patents Stuffed Animals that Come to Life http://piratedthoughts.com/google-patents-stuffed-animals-that-come-to-life/ 6 comments 30/5/2015 nottheonion
• Area 51 Scientist with 27 U.S. Patents to his Name Reveals Government Secrets on Deathbed. "Aliens work for the Govt., UFOs Exist". Deemed most credibly claims of Life Beyond Earth. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/19013/20141030/former-area-51-scientist-claims-aliens-ufos-exist-shows-pictures-as-proof-video.htm 47 comments 1/11/2014 worldnews
• Google's new gesture patents could let Glass users 'heart' things in real life http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/15/4841764/google-gesture-patents-could-let-glass-users-heart-things-in-real-life 3 comments 15/10/2013 nottheonion
• "You'll stay in business and license from us, or you’ll go out of business", Life for a startup on the receiving end of a patent lawsuit http://pandodaily.com/2013/07/19/for-whom-the-bell-trolls-life-for-a-startup-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-patent-law-suit/ 3 comments 19/7/2013 technology
• Google patents software solution to extending a phone’s battery life http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/google-patents-software-solution-to-extending-a-phones-battery-life/ 12 comments 1/4/2013 technology
• EU drug demands would cost Canadians up to $2B a year: federal research on free-trade talks with Europe (CETA). EU proposal would add an average life of 2.66 years to a typical drug patent, and increase Canadian drug costs by between $795 million and $1.95 billion annually http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/eu-drug-demands-would-cost-canadians-up-to-2b-a-year-federal-research--174100881.html 8 comments 21/10/2012 worldnews
• Sprint has a patent on "displaying battery life." Our patent system is horrible. http://www.google.com/patents/us7929998?printsec=drawing 62 comments 1/8/2012 technology
• High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents: Continues the Battle Between Scientists (Who Believe Genes Carrying the Secrets of Life Shouldn't Be Exploited For Commercial Gain) & Companies (Who Argue That A Patent is A Reward For Years of Expensive Research) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-high-court-human-gene-patents.html 93 comments 27/3/2012 science
• This American Life did a great episode on software patents—petition them to help out by using Ogg Vorbis! http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/tal-patents/petition 9 comments 30/8/2011 linux
• Patent troll responds to recent This American Life story about patent trolls. http://www.intellectualventures.com/newsroom/insights/11-07-25/disruption_invites_controversy.aspx 22 comments 11/8/2011 technology
• Thank This American Life for "When Patents Attack!"—and ask them to set an example http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/tal-when-patents-attack 8 comments 29/7/2011 technology
• This American Life: When Patents Attack http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack 13 comments 25/7/2011 law
• A top UK scientist who helped sequence the human genome has said efforts to patent the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic engineering. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10150685.stm 8 comments 25/5/2010 science
• It has begun! The rights of corperations are more important than human life. Human DNA patents to be enforced! http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sick-babies-denied-treatment-in-row/2008/11/28/1227491827171.html 341 comments 28/11/2008 science
• I Wish I Could Save Your Life, But That Kind of Surgery Is Patented http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1184576791631 101 comments 22/7/2007 reddit.com
• Scientists Apply for First Patent on Synthetic Life Form, stirring fears of 'Microbesoft' http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/scientists_appl.html 12 comments 8/6/2007 science
• 'When Patents Attack...Part Two!' This American Life takes a look at our ridiculous patent system http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/496/when-patents-attackpart-two 3 comments 5/6/2013 freesoftware
• When Patents Attack...Part Two! This American Life takes a look at our ridiculous patent system http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/496/when-patents-attackpart-two 351 comments 3/6/2013 technology
• Lawsuits against Monsanto and Myriad Genetics reach the Supreme Court. The big question: should companies be allowed to patent the building blocks of life - seeds and genes? http://www.healthline.com/health-news/policy-should-companies-patent-genes-022213 47 comments 22/2/2013 science
• New Patent Law Only Makes Life Harder for Startups and Universities http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/19/new-patent-law-first-to-file-startups/ 4 comments 19/9/2011 reddit.com
• Taylor's Oil of Life, Your English Female Bitters, and other heroin-laced, alcoholic patent medicines [pics] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/11/snake-oils-of-old-showed-big-pharma-how-to-sell-health/66576/ 5 comments 16/11/2010 technology
• Craig Venter, the scientist who unsuccessfully attempted to map the human genome for profit, has applied for the first ever patent on a human-made life form. http://www.newstarget.com/022273.html 5 comments 20/11/2007 science
• The first web3 game with a patent: new Ethereum 'Golden Egg Wonderland' is not just a game; real life gold may be collected for completing in-game challenges, bringing forth the first RL-P2E game https://goldeneggwonderland.io 10 comments 19/10/2023 cryptocurrency
• This 15-Year-Old Kid May Have Just Saved Your Life. He's patented the method himself, and hopefully won't allow Big Pharma to jack up the prices so high that people can't afford the test. http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/15-year-old-kid-may-have-just-saved-y 613 comments 27/12/2012 politics
• What it Means that Monsanto Holds the Patents on Life: How long are we going to let Monsanto bully farmers and politicians into controlling the very source of life on earth? http://www.alternet.org/food/what-it-means-monsanto-holds-patents-life 3 comments 4/3/2013 politics
• UK Labour pledges to break patents and offer latest drugs on NHS: Labour has pledged to create a publicly-owned company to make cheap versions of medicines the NHS needs but cannot afford, such as Orkambi, which is denied to thousands of children and young people with life-shortening cystic fibrosis https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/24/labour-pledges-to-break-patents-and-offer-latest-drugs-on-nhs 147 comments 25/9/2019 worldnews