Jason Lemkin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:45:31 GMT

I believe for a start-up, the highest value of patents is defensive, not offensive. Your competitors will be larger than you for a long, long time. Are they litigious? If so, when you hit an inflection point, they will at least threaten you if they believe they have a strong IP position (true or not). They may even try suing you. You can’t stop them. But if you have no chips, it will be much harder to dissuade them.

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