Monthly Archives: March 2006

Virtue foiled again

Posted on March 5, 2006 by acb

Anyone needing proof that the IP system is horribly broken need look no further than here: the European Patent Office has invited me to a consultation in Munich in late April to bloviate on the strength of my piece in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Paging Dostoevsky

Posted on March 5, 2006 by acb

There is a story in yesterday’s Guardian that would be incredible were it not for the video evidence. Vladislav Chebayev, a gangster in Samara, 600 miles south-east of Moscow, needed to silence a witness whom he had earlier beaten so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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