This is a great article from BusinessWeek Online that talks about Rick Frenkel, the patent attorney working for Cisco Systems who in his spare time kept an anonymous blog titled “Patent Troll* Tracker”.

He was posting anonymously, making examples of those “Trolls” who were abusing the system and even calling into question the ethical practices of some attorneys. Finally, a bounty of $15,000 was offered to anyone who could identify the mystery blogger, and he was forced to reveal his identity after he was discovered by an internet sleuth.

The interesting part of this story is how it illustrates the questions and risks related to blogging (whether anonymous or not) and not just to the blogger, but the company that employs them.

*“Patent Trolls” is a derogatory term used to describe businesses that make money purchasing patents and then suing big companies for infringement.