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And the R&D money is not generating a commensurate volume of new patents. Taiwan manages five times as many a year and Japan 30 times. Most significantly, China isn't commercializing its inventions, a result of top-down-driven allocations of R&D money, not naturally innovative state-owned companies and a lack of a system of venture funding.

"Since then downloads have come to dominate the top 40. About 98% of all single sales are now from downloads, with about 100,000 needed every week to get to the top spot."

"There have been several Shanzhai mobile cases exposed recently, including India's expulsion of China Shanzhai mobiles. China's Shanzhai culture has got a pretty bad reputation the world over, to the point where other Shanzhai manufactures complain: "copycatting shouldn't be so unscrupulous; law breaking can't be that obviously extreme. HAFF-COMM forces all of us into the international spotlight.""

"While the ban of Chinese mobiles has discouraged the growth of the shanzhai handsets in India, they still stand a chance if they provide proper IMEI numbers and if they partner with companies like Karbonn. Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst, Gartner, said, "Established global device manufacturers are losing ground due to fierce competition from local and Chinese manufacturers in the low-cost segment." He added, "Price remains the main criteria when buying any consumer electronic device in India, including a mobile device. Carrier strategies, lower tariffs and/or third-generation (3G) data plans will continue to shape the mobile device market in India." This is really encouraging for the shanzhai players."

"Tracking the products, trends and reach of China's local to global technology & culture."

Sun's former CEO rails out against using software patents to threaten competition.

Janet Rae-Dupree launches a scathing criticism of the Bayh-Dole Act.

Concise and technically sound.

On considering copyright as a crime. Includes a lengthy quotation by Sir Hugh Laddie.

An article describing the Peer to Patent scheme.

An excellent legal analysis of caching and its implications on copyright law.

Points to articles by Boyle and others to draw linkages (practical, not theoretical) between OA and IP.

EU Council conclusions on the development of legal offers of online cultural and creative content and the prevention and combating of piracy in the digital environment.

The Barbie parody case, which was a) thrown out as being frivilous, with b) an attorney's fee order of millions!