Interesting perspective on the NPE issue

Article in today's online edition of "Minnesota Daily," the newspaper of the University of Minnesota, looks at the patent troll nonpracticing entity patent assertion entity question from the point of view of a major research university.  Interesting wrinkle:  while the University apparently doesn't sell its patents to PAEs, both the University and the University of Minnesota Foundation have invested in well-known "mass patent aggregator" Intellectual Ventures.

By the way, I have to say I like the term "mass patent aggregator."  Sounds badass, like it could have been the technical name for the weapon on the Death Star.