Feds use states secrets privilage to screw man out of patent rights

[craychek]

"In a little-noticed opinion this month, a federal appeals court ruled against the Crater Coupler patent holders and upheld a sweeping interpretation of the controversial "state secrets privilege" -- an executive power handed down from the English throne under common law that lets the government effectively kill civil lawsuits deemed a threat to national security, even if the state is not a party to the suit."


http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68894,00.html

On edit: added the link =P

[opihimoimoi]

1. Must be Pubs who made the mess....