Patent Granted for System to Prevent Printed Textbook Piracy

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO—June 8, 2012—The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent #8195571 on June 5, 2012, to Joseph Henry Vogel, professor of economics at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The invention prevents piracy and enables publishers to receive payment when textbooks are resold. Broad adoption of the system raises the possibility of a single platform across universities for all textbooks.