Word: legality
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...gets the result he wants. What an accusation! This is at a time when Bush has just taken a state-election dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court. Bush, more than Gore, has been trying to overturn laws as written with fanciful constitutional arguments. Both sides are pursuing all their legal options with a vengeance. But apparently when Bush does it, he's vindicating the rule of law. When Gore does it, he's trying to change the rules...
...completely. According to its own logic, the court has disenfranchised thousands of Miami-Dade voters. But the whole disenfranchisement charge is absurd in any case. The plain fact is that any deadline must necessarily "disenfranchise" voters--or it would not be a deadline, i.e., a date after which otherwise legal ballots must be ignored. We must nonetheless have deadlines, or no election would ever...
...remarkable agreement between Napster and Bertelsmann pans out [BUSINESS, Nov. 13], the New York State liquor authority might want to investigate, as the legal age for drinking alcohol in New York is 21. In describing how the partnership came together, you noted that Bertelsmann chief Thomas Middelhoff and Napster founder Shawn Fanning consumed a bottle of "$219 Phelps Insignia Cabernet" wine with their power lunch at a New York City restaurant. Perhaps that was the reason why 20-year-old Fanning was so "entranced" by the German media giant. Should the deal turn sour, I'll wonder if the alcohol...
...progress. The accuracy rates of dictation programs from industry leaders--Lernout & Hauspie, Dragon Systems, Microsoft and IBM--have been improving around 10% a year for a decade now. During the next year, voice software geared to their specialized vocabularies is expected to gain a foothold in the medical and legal professions. Popular search sites like AskJeeves and TellMe Network hope to become "voice portals," letting users seek information by speaking simple phrases into the phone...
Even with these changes, getting a patent isn't exactly like following a cookie recipe. Though it is possible to get a patent without a patent attorney, USPTO still recommends that you get legal assistance. And even with an attorney, applicants can save money by doing a lot of the legwork and research themselves. Here's what you should know going...