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1: Software patents have in our experience not added significant value to early stage companies when they are acquired;

2: Early stage companies can’t afford to use granted patents as an offensive weapon (this is equivalent to the rules of Mutually Assured Destruction), a few nukes isn’t going to cut it when fighting a super power;

3: It costs a huge amount of time and money to do a high quality patent filing, there are a lot better things to spend your time and money on; and

4: The rules are changing and making this whole area less predictable.