• “The patent, used as a sword” [NY Times, Flowing Data]
• Default judgment over 528 songs against contumacious defendant: “Website ordered to pay $6.6 million for posting song lyrics” [NLJ]
• “Monsanto Seed Patent Case Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review” [Bloomberg Business Week]
• New book tells story of Ira Arnstein, whose frivolous suits against Cole Porter, Irving Berlin et al set important precedent [WSJ]
• “Do it ‘on the Internet,’ get a patent, sue an industry — it still works” [Joe Mullin, Ars Technica]
• “Court rules book scanning is fair use, suggesting Google Books victory” [Timothy Lee, ArsTechnica]

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