Yup. Lots of paperwork with lots of lawyering and lots of fees makes lots of innovators say "the Hell with it!"
Especially when they consider that the only thing a patent will really do is license them to try to outspend 'Microsoft' on lawyers.
Always seemed to me that for software, a copyright would be the preferred tool, but this is an area I don’t know much about.
Especially when they consider that the only thing a patent will really do is license them to try to outspend 'Microsoft' on lawyers.
And no lawyer would ever take a case against MicroSquish based on a portion of the potential settlement...