http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2009/03/28/pay-for-a-software-patent-application-or-a-software-engineer/ Patent Law :: Focusing on Software and Electronic Arts Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2009/03/28/pay-for-a-software-patent-application-or-a-software-engineer/comment-page-1/#comment-48612 19% of INC 500 Companies Report Holding Patents Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:39:08 +0000 http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2009/03/28/pay-for-a-software-patent-application-or-a-software-engineer/#comment-48612 [...] Next, patents are expensive to obtain. To qualify for the list, a company must be independent and not a subsidiary or division of another company. It is likely reasonable to guess that independent startup companies, at young as 3 years old, are likely to have less funds available for patent protection. See my post: Pay for a Software Patent Application or a Software Engineer? [...] [...] Next, patents are expensive to obtain. To qualify for the list, a company must be independent and not a subsidiary or division of another company. It is likely reasonable to guess that independent startup companies, at young as 3 years old, are likely to have less funds available for patent protection. See my post: Pay for a Software Patent Application or a Software Engineer? [...]

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