Jamee Lee Phillips takes a look at Amazon's recent moves in the IP industry and what they could mean

More recently, Amazon began showing more of an interest in IP, but lost an auction to Microsoft for 800-plus AOL patents worth $1 billion-plus (Google and Facebook were also counted among the losers). Undoubtedly, this stung Bezos' baby into developing a more concerted IP strategy -- and this past week, Reuters revealed that Amazon had put out a call for an "Acquisition and Investment Leader" to lead the company's push to"identify and evaluate strategic IP acquisition and licensing opportunities."