(flickr.com/moohaha)

AOL sells 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion [TechCrunch]

The German patent law debate [New York Times]

In which Nick Bilton remembers to ask about labor conditions in the factories of Apple’s competitors [Bits]

The word “iPad” may become a generic term for touch screen tablets [Associated Press]

Microsoft really, really wants people to try the Lumia 900 [CNet]

The Netflix recommendation system drives 75 percent of viewing [The Verge]

“Times are good now but the trough of sorrow awaits” [42Floors]

Adrianne Jeffries is the editor of Betabeat. Follow Adrianne on Twitter or via RSS. ajeffries@observer.com