There is an interesting post on IP on Matusow’s blog today.  The post mentions a study by U.C. Berkeley Professor of Law and Technology Robert Merges which "found that even after 10-plus years of software patenting 1) the software industry remains far less concentrated than the average American industry; 2) [...]

ZDNet has an interesting article on Jon Dudas’ view of the patent system.  Speaking at the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, Dudas, who is the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), said that the “system is not broken, just [...]

CNetNews.com reports that Google threatened to blacklist a top semiconductor industry analyst’s Web sites when he complained about a new site of his not showing up in search results.  In reaction, Dan Hutchinson, chief executive of VLSI research, remarked that Google is “showing all the signs of a monopolist trying [...]

The Washington Post has a very interesting article written by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in which Gates emphasizes the importance of math and science education and sensible immigration policies for American competitiveness. According to Reuters, “IBM is not ready to guarantee that its computer programs are compatible with Oracle Corp.'s [...]

The New York Times has an interesting article on entrepreneurial culture in Europe, saying that “start-ups are no longer rare [in Europe]. Moreover, Europe’s new entrepreneurs are turning West to learn the start-up culture bred in Silicon Valley before coming back here to apply their learning.” Reporting on Google’s recent [...]