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It's only about $5,000 for an individual to get a patent, about $10,000 for a corporation.

Especially when they consider that the only thing a patent will really do is license them to try to outspend 'Microsoft' on lawyers.

And no lawyer would ever take a case against MicroSquish based on a portion of the potential settlement...

[driftdiver]

“It’s only about $5,000 for an individual to get a patent, about $10,000 for a corporation. “

Without the money to defend the patent in court its not worth the paper its written on. Likewise some company can use the courts to whack startups who don’t have the money to defend their product from bogus patent infringement lawsuits.