Christmas Eve 2015: Why are the Internet services at the government patent offices in both the United States and Australia shut down right now? Did you heed last month's book release by Ted Koppel: "Lights Out A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath" Remember my talk in July 2011: "Are you legally prepared for the coming cyberwar?" https://www.inetu.net/blog/itx-dss Do the dots connect?