The 271 Patent Blog: A recent paper highlights the roll non-practicing entities (NPEs) play in the innovation market and Peter Zura takes a few moments to analyze and discuss the findings of Timo Fisher and Joachim Henkel's "Patent Trolls on Markets for Technology - An Empirical Analysis of Trolls' Patent Acquisition". From Zura's One Reason Why Improving Patent Quality Won't Solve the "Troll Problem" comes one of the principle discoveries of the report:

The New York Times: U2's front man, Bono, recently weighed in on a number of pertinent issues and among that number is the role he sees intellectual property playing as we move forward into 2010. In his op-ed piece, Ten for the Next Ten, Bono writes:

Law.com: Intellectual property lawsuits often time follow a tortured path and a recent case in New Jersey closely resembled the item of dispute: pretzels. Charles Toutant's Pretzel Company's Owners Allege Tax Lawyer Got Lost in Twists of IP Law in the New Jersey Law Journal provides the pertinent details in this complex and contentious snack food dispute. He writes:

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Blogs: Nick Eaton blogs on Microsoft's non-reaction to a Chinese company's Ubuntu-based Windows XP OS impersonator dubbed "Ylmf OS". From Eaton's Microsoft mulls response to Linux-based XP clone come more details of what appears to be a lost battle:

The Wall Street Journal - World: The stage is set in China for a large economic event in the coming year, due in part to the lack of intellectual property protections offered to small and medium businesses. Daniel H. Rosen's China's scope for clever job creation further develops this theme for the gentle reader. He writes specifically on the troubles surrounding the problems of "overcapacity" and government meddling in the private market space: