Troll Insurance

I liked Ars Technica’s title best.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/tech-giants-such-as-microsoft.ars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+arstechnica/etc+(Ars+Technica+(Et+Cetera))

But the article is actually here.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010021_382392.htm

Troll insurance for patent trolls.

Buy your patent now and become part of the government so that you too can tax everybody with monopoly privilege!!