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Secrecy Orders on Patents Stifle Innovation

KQED News Staff

Apr 16, 2013 at

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Did you know the U.S. Department of Defense can decide your invention is a national security threat and slap your patent application with a secrecy order that prevents you from doing anything with it? We discuss the story with G.W. Schulz, author of a piece out today from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

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