FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Senate Must Support Strong Patent Rights, Not Erode Them
As we at CFIF often highlight, strong intellectual property (IP) rights - including patent rights -…
CFIF on X CFIF on YouTube
Senate Must Support Strong Patent Rights, Not Erode Them

As we at CFIF often highlight, strong intellectual property (IP) rights - including patent rights - constitute a core element of "American Exceptionalism" and explain how we became the most inventive, prosperous, technologically advanced nation in human history.  Our Founding Fathers considered IP so important that they explicitly protected it in the text of Article I of the United States Constitution.

Strong patent rights also explain how the U.S. accounts for an incredible two-thirds of all new lifesaving drugs introduced worldwide.

Elected officials must therefore work to protect strong IP and patent rights, not undermine them.   Unfortunately, several anti-patent bills currently before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week threaten to do exactly…[more]

April 02, 2025 • 08:29 PM
[close]

Liberty Update

CFIFs latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.
Home Jester's Courtroom From Playground to Courtroom
From Playground to Courtroom Print
Thursday, August 02 2012

A Chicago couple is suing a playground manufacturer after their daughter suffered a broken arm following a fall from a “thrilling” slide.

Mark and Linda Jacobs of Chicago, Illinois, claim the slide was improperly made and caused their daughter’s fall. The slide, called the Evos Slalom Glider and manufactured by Landscape Structures, is promoted as “a thrilling ride that promotes balance and coordination.”

Mark Jacobs said his daughter had been down the slide many times before but on this occasion she lost her balance, fell and broke her arm in three places.

“This slide has a height of 75 inches, which is much taller than what I am,” said attorney Anthony Romanucci.  “So you can imagine a fall from the top for a child.  It can have devastating consequences.”

The Jacobs family is seeking $7,500 for the injury and emotional distress.

The slide has since been removed from Sauganash Park by the city. According to news reports, manufacturer Landscape Structures refused to comment on the lawsuit.

—Source:  Chicago.cbslocal.com

< Prev   Next >
Notable Quote   
 
"New York Attorney General Letitia James -- who infamously declared that 'no one is above the law' when she was targeting Donald Trump -- was hit with a federal criminal referral for instances of alleged mortgage fraud on Tuesday, according to a letter obtained by The Post.Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte sent the missive to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd…[more]
  
 
— Josh Christenson and Victor Nava, New York Post
 
Liberty Poll   

For 60,000+ years, many cultures have decorated eggs, including early Mesopotamian Christians. Is 2025 the year the practice is reduced because the most sophisticated society in the world can't contain bird flu, and has made eggs an expensive commodity?