Well, these days my eyebrows need trimming, I’m feeling my age, and I just feel like being a grumpy, old man and really teeing off on a product and a business model that have made my life a little less fun this week. So, here goes with mostly full attribution to Andy Rooney.

Protection and commercialization of intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets) can equal serious competitive advantage to any technology-driven business.