To Patent, or Not To Patent
lsc: I dono... do you think you can compete better by marshaling lawyers?  or by implementing a product better and sooner?   How much of an opportunity cost does that money represent?  (I mean, do you need that funding to run?)The big thing I see is that it takes money to be a patent troll.  I guess if the patent is really strong, you might be able to get your lawyers to work for a cut of the proceeds (maybe ask your lawyer?)  but that sounds unlikely to me, not that I know anything about patent trolling. if your resources are like mine, I'd not worry about the patent, and I'd focus on making something that is worth copying.But yeah.  I'd argue that patent trolling is a lot like starting fist fights-  don't start if you can't win.  If you loose, you get nothing.  You just get a black eye and look like an asshole.   On the other hand, if you build a product and then get crushed by copycat competition with better resources, eh, you still learned something, and you still look good.  You created something that was worth copying. At the very least it helps you get your next job.But then,  Maybe you have access to cheap lawyer time like I have access to cheap SysAdmin time.  that'd change the equation.