Gene Quinn of IP Watchdog reports on dramatic disagreements during today’s Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting concerning patent reform legislation, including Senator Hatch leaving the room in a huff. 

Once again, Google launches an astonishing new feature in time for April 1.  What will they think of next?

Legislation recently proposed in the U.S. Senate would create a sweeping federal cybersecurity regime.  This would include federal security standards for private enterprise as well as a new White House cybersecurity czar’s office with authority to shut down private computer networks. 

This proposal obviously raises a host of intellectual property and privacy issues.  It’s also unclear how the U.S. cybersecurity czar’s office would interface with global Internet governance infrastructure.