Can you guess the theme of this mid-summer Blog Buzz?

• Last month, Myriad sued companies that had released competing BRCA tests in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on the patenting of human genes. Timothy B. Lee of Wonk Blog discussed the two universities that also signed on to these lawsuits because of their financial interests in patents and licensing with Myriad (and scolds them). Now one of the companies, Ambry Genetics, is countersuing Myriad for acting in bad faith to maintain a monopoly. A clear explanation and links to the case are on The Pathology Blawg.
• Apple lost the e-book price fixing case and the Department of Justice later proposed guidelines on how to enforce the ruling. Publishers have since filed a brief arguing against the DOJ’s suggestions, and David Pogue wrote that the end of the color Nook means trouble on the e-book horizon.
• Have you seen this fascinating Nature News item “Archaeology and the Milk Revolution”? A genetic mutation allowed some people to digest milk and just a few thousand years later, roughly one third of all people can digest milk. WOW!
• Check out this ScienceDaily item on a study of librarians’ attitudes toward search engines and how it changed over time along with their professional identity.