Wired.com - Threat Level: The oft-lambasted Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has attracted the attention of US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), who, after learning of leaks detailing the provisions of the proposed international agreement, is demanding to be privy to more of the secret pact's contents. David Kravets reports:

Fudzilla: The government of China's efforts to segregate Internet content into two distinct categories, OK for China and Not OK for China, has led it down the dark alley of software theft and misappropriation of American intellectual property. David Stellmack's Cybersitter comes out swinging, claims Software Piracy tells the tale of one company's struggle to get what it's got coming after discovering that its very popular website blocking software had been stolen by none other than the People's Republic of China. He writes:

Arab News: Too much of a good thing can be a detriment to effective intellectual property enforcement it seems. Galal Fakkar's recent article, Intellectual property rights violations affecting Saudi economy, says expert, highlights this unexpected side effect of too many cooks stirring up the IPR soup. He writes from Jeddah:

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: