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Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System
Who Has Your Back? 2014: When Copyright and Trademark Bullies Threaten Free Speech
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Kazakhstan's authoritarian government is misusing U.S. law to silence and spy on its online critics: https://eff.org/r.vekw

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TPP talks ended in deadlock last week, but officials are as determined as ever to conclude this anti-user deal: https://eff.org/r.n8ew

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A milestone in EFF’s case: The Ninth Circuit will consider whether NSA’s “Upstream” spying violates the Constitution https://eff.org/r.b1s9

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