Biden administration to waive vaccine patent protection - The Washington Post

… "With this waiver, we can share vaccine recipes, largely developed with taxpayer dollars, while assuring reasonable royalties to American manufacturers," said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.), who chairs the House Ways and Means health subcommittee and met with White House officials on the waiver last week…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/05/biden-waives-vaccine-patents/

U.S. sues drugmaker Gilead Sciences over patent on Truvada for HIV prevention - The Washington Post

A rift between the Centers for Disease Control and pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences ruptured further Wednesday when the Trump administration sued Gilead in U.S. District Court, asserting that Gilead made billions of dollars on HIV prevention therapy while repeatedly ignoring government patents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-administration-sues-drugmaker-gilead-sciences-over-patent-on-truvada-for-hiv-prevention/2019/11/06/68b1cc52-010c-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html

The Cost of Shutting Out Immigrants - Barron's

Immigrants make up 14% of the population, but 28% of startup founders and 24% of patent holders. Without that entrepreneurial zeal, the United States would be much less innovative. ....
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-cost-of-shutting-out-immigrants-51546696800

FBI reportedly investigating company tied to Trump's acting attorney general - CNBC

In March 2017, the Federal Trade Commission accused the company of misrepresenting its services and defrauding customers of $26 million. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/09/fbi-reportedly-probing-company-where-matthew-whitaker-was-board-member.html

Scam victims sickened to see Matt Whitaker serving as Trump's attorney general: ‘It’s so offensive’ - Raw Story

Customers defrauded by a company that falsely promised to patent and market their ideas in exchange for thousands of dollars say they're shocked to see one of its board members serving as U.S. attorney general. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/scam-victims-sickened-see-matt-whitaker-serving-trumps-attorney-general-offensive/

They Can Hear You Now: Verizon Patent Could Listen In On Customers « CBS DC

Verizon has filed a patent for targeting ads that collect information from infrared cameras and microphones that can detect the amount of people and types of conversations happening in customers’ living rooms.

 The set-top box technology is not the first of its kind – Comcast patented similar monitoring technology in 2008 that recommended content to users based on people it recognized in the room. Google TV also proposed a patent that would use video and audio recorders to figure out exactly how many people in a room were watching its broadcast. But details including the number of pets in the room or the physical size of people in the room can determine what types of pet food or body wash ads may be presented to the customers.....
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/04/they-can-hear-you-now-verizon-patent-listens-in-on-customers/