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Re: How true...

Charlie Springer wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:13:14 -0700, mdj wrote
(in article <1177290794.516852.173500@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>):



I feel the same way. Unfortunately, patents are very good at one
thing: protecting big business from small business. The tragedy of
course is that in doing so, they (worst case) destroy the very thing
they're designed to foster, or (best case) allow only big business to
innovate.
Patents are good for one thing in particular. When the venture capital people ask "Do you have a patent?" you can say "Yes" and they are happy. 

Thus demonstrating that they do not understand that the value of a
company is the creativity of its people.

Protecting where you were is worthless until you stop moving.  ;-)

-michael

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