Hot Off the Wire – Patent filings fall in 2009 for first time in 31 years; Intel, China fund to invest in startups … (Local Tech Wire)

GENEVA - The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, according to the U.N.

UN Patent Filings Dropped for First Time Since 1978 (The Memphis Daily News)

GENEVA (AP) - The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downt....