Should I afraid software patents?
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I am developing my first small software product, which is going to be sold and marketed in the Internet. I am just wondering should I start selling in the US market immediately or should I wait until my company is big enough to answer possible unintentional patent infringement law suits (if it ever get big enough for that). It seems like that US has developed it's patent industry to art form, where enforcing patents is a main or significant source of revenue for growing group of entities. So, should I go to US market, or not? :confused: What kind experiences you have? How big chance is that this is going to be happend in first year? What about other countries? I know that UK and EU patent offices are granting software patents.
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I am developing my first small software product, which is going to be sold and marketed in the Internet. I am just wondering should I start selling in the US market immediately or should I wait until my company is big enough to answer possible unintentional patent infringement law suits (if it ever get big enough for that). It seems like that US has developed it's patent industry to art form, where enforcing patents is a main or significant source of revenue for growing group of entities. So, should I go to US market, or not? :confused: What kind experiences you have? How big chance is that this is going to be happend in first year? What about other countries? I know that UK and EU patent offices are granting software patents.
This is the internet, where the men are men, the women are men and kids are the FBI.
Mikko Puonti wrote:
or should I wait until my company is big enough to answer possible unintentional patent infringement law suits
IMO, if you wait that long you will be sure to get them. OTOH, most patent vultures won't be interested until you are big enough to bother with.