• This is getting serious: “Patent troll targets Minecraft” [Rob Beschizza, BoingBoing] Are mainstream tech companies joining the patent-troll brigade? [WSJ Law Blog] Bessen-Meurer have another study of patent trolls out, this one suggests their direct costs to economy $29 billion a year [Joe Mullin, Ars Technica]
• London Olympics games: you may link to our site only if not in a “derogatory or otherwise objectionable manner” [Popehat]
• “Fan Fiction vs. Copyright – Q&A with Rebecca Tushnet” [Reason.tv]
• Are the logos similar? Apparel maker Under Armour sues maker of “Body Armor” sports drink [Baltimore Sun]
• “U.S. Patent System is Broken, Declares Judge in Android v. Apple Cases” [Posner; DailyTech] Posner “on Why he thinks There Are Too Many Patents in America” [Atlantic]
• Startups: “Why do investors want founders to spend money and time on bogus patents?” [Cory Doctorow]

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