VentureBeat reports that “LegalForce, an online marketplace where patents can be bought, sold or licensed, has launched.”
Inc.com writes that “[s]tart-ups […] based in cities and towns with low high-school dropout rates and a high percentage of residents with college educations have greater survival rates than those located in areas with less-educated local populations, according to a new study from the School of Public Policy at George Mason University.”
The Financial Times today has a piece on a new Eurochambres study which says that “[t]he European Union’s economic development is only now reaching the level achieved by the US more than two decades ago.”
MSNBC reports that Microsoft today launched a fierce attack on Google over its cavalier approach to copyright, “accusing the internet company of exploiting books, music, films and television programmes without permission.”
According to Mercury News, Intel, the world’s largest computer-chip maker, and semiconductor developer AmberWave Systems have settled a number of lawsuits over patents for ways to make chips.