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If you don't care about Intellectual Property law and don't think it affects you - think again. Who do you think ultimately pays for the increasingly expensive litigation that most product companies have to deal with ? Yup - us - consumers. If you had to add an "innovation tax" to each of the products you buy today - ie. you got to know the true cost - that would be eye opening and people would complain. Unfortunately it's a hidden cost - we just have to suck it up.
The recent proclamations of Microsoft this week has caused a flurry of postings on the subject of Patents - if you only have time to read two - I'd recommend reading Mike Dillon's "Cautiously Optimistic" (Mike is Sun's General Counsel) and Greg P's "Are Software Patents Useful ?" - Greg is Sun's CGO (Chief Geekery Officer).
