Are Software Patents Evil? 
"When you read of big companies filing patent suits against smaller ones, it's usually a big company on the way down, grasping at straws." An easy-to-read and insightful article (based on a talk delivered at Google) about the practicalities of patenting in the software industry. Well worth a read. Thanks Shish!
http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html
"When you read of big companies filing patent suits against smaller ones, it's usually a big company on the way down, grasping at straws." An easy-to-read and insightful article (based on a talk delivered at Google) about the practicalities of patenting in the software industry. Well worth a read. Thanks Shish!
http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html
