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Patents

LuAnn Johnson

In 1995, the patents’ length of time was extended, so that now breeders can collect royalties on a plant for 20 years.
Lawsuit: Google copied phone software developed at Purdue

George Hale

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Western District of Texas, the university accuses says Google is of using patented software code from patented software without permission.