(IP finance)   Global - Patents Discussion of venture capitalist Fred Wilson’s post ‘How patent trolls are a tax on innovation’ (Patent Baristas) (Techdirt) The (mis)reporting of patent lawsuits (The Prior Art) Using patents as a decision making tool (IP Frontline) A consumer product company’s costly patent lesson: It’s not enough to protect the invention, the innovation must also be patented (IP… [read post]