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News EU court restricts bans on gay blood donors
EU court restricts bans on gay blood donors
Addison Morris
April 29, 2015 10:13:39 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday restricted bans on blood donations from homosexual men. Since 1983, France automatically and permanently banned blood donations from all men who had ever had sex with...

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News Dutch court decides not to prosecute Srebrenica commander
Dutch court decides not to prosecute Srebrenica commander
Addison Morris
April 29, 2015 09:40:22 am

A Dutch appellate court ruled Wednesday that Gen. Thom Karremans, who ordered Bosnian Muslims away from a UN peacekeeping compound during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre , will not be prosecuted. Karremans, along with two other...

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News US Supreme Court declines to hear case against Chiquita over Colombia violence
US Supreme Court declines to hear case against Chiquita over Colombia violence
Addison Morris
April 20, 2015 02:07:18 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case in which relatives of guerrilla conflict victims in Colombia sought to sue Chiquita Brand International for human rights abuses. Family members of...

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News HRW urges Mali to address growing violence and abuse
HRW urges Mali to address growing violence and abuse
Addison Morris
April 14, 2015 02:57:50 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concern over the increased violence and human rights abuses committed in Mali. Bandits, Islamist armed groups and pro-government militias have reportedly threatened the security of civilians in the...

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News Italy court declares Berlusconi has served sentence for tax fraud
Italy court declares Berlusconi has served sentence for tax fraud
Addison Morris
April 14, 2015 02:37:47 pm

A Milan court declared on Tuesday that former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has fully served his sentence for tax fraud and will now be permitted to travel out of the country. Berlusconi was...

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News Pakistan court sets 2-month deadline for 2008 Mumbai attacks case
Pakistan court sets 2-month deadline for 2008 Mumbai attacks case
Addison Morris
April 13, 2015 04:16:13 pm

Pakistan's Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court to conclude its case over the 2008 attacks in Mumbai within the next two months. The case has been ongoing...

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News Rights groups urge Venezuela to stop harassing human rights defenders
Rights groups urge Venezuela to stop harassing human rights defenders
Addison Morris
April 7, 2015 02:25:42 pm

A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday urged Venezuelan authorities to stop intimidating and harassing human rights organizations. According to the groups, the government has employed tactics intended to discredit and undermine the legitimacy of 28...

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News Portions of Michigan sex offender registry law deemed unconstitutional
Portions of Michigan sex offender registry law deemed unconstitutional
Addison Morris
April 7, 2015 11:31:51 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Monday that some requirements of the 1994 Michigan Sex Offenders Registration Act are so vague that they are unconstitutional. One...

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News Israel authorities order detention of Palestine lawmaker
Israel authorities order detention of Palestine lawmaker
Addison Morris
April 6, 2015 10:51:59 am

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday ordered a female Palestinian legislative council member, Khalida Jarrar, to serve a six-month detention without trial. Jarrar, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) ...

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Supreme Court rules on Supremacy Clause and Medicaid compliance
Addison Morris
March 31, 2015 02:51:28 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center that the Supremacy Clause does not grant a private right of action to file a lawsuit. The court held that...

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Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved America's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" the rights to a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the U.S. Patent Board, the precursor to the modern U.S. Patent Office.

Read the current U.S. Patent Act from the Cornell University Law School, and read A History of the Early Patent Office by Kenneth W. Dobyns.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583.

His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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