Mo' useless: Licensing Deficit forJapan patents

[Taro Toporific]

The-rest-of-the-story here is Japanese companies are issued more patents than ANY other country in the world . . . mo' useless ones that I have to edit.
119.5 BILLION YEN LICENSING DEFICIT
Japan patents fail to set world alight
Japan Times / March 28
Japan had a 119.5 billion yen deficit in the external balance of revenues and expenditures in licensing regarding intellectual property rights such as patents and trademarks in 2002, according to a survey released Thursday by the Japan Patent Office.