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true interoperability while affording software creations a reasonable degree of intellectual property protection. In most cases software copyright isnt an obstacle to interoperability because the creators of application programming interfaces (APIs) frequently have an interest in the adoption of their creations. Self-regulation works, and it actually is possible to do clean-room implementations of the Java APIs, subject to reasonable terms and conditions that Google didnt want to accept. But ev...

>> susie: stocks hit fresh highs for the year as the dow jumps over 200 points. what does this run-up on wall street mean for investors and the economy? we get answers from an economist and a market pro. >> jeff: some are calling it the case of the century for patent law as the supreme court takes on abstract business innovations. at issue, where to draw the line when patenting a business concept or strategy. kraft goes hostile with its $16- billion bid for cadbury. but thats not sweet...