Patents really are a nightmare...
'luckily' a great number of them are used for defensive purposes -- kind of a mutually-assured-destruction tactic.
(e.g. 'they won't sue us for infringement because their programs violate a dozen of [i]our[/]i patents as well' It's the small independent developers that have the biggest chance of losing in the ordeal, although you also tend to stay under the radar of the big boys when it comes to places to sue. :-?
'luckily' a great number of them are used for defensive purposes -- kind of a mutually-assured-destruction tactic.
(e.g. 'they won't sue us for infringement because their programs violate a dozen of [i]our[/]i patents as well' It's the small independent developers that have the biggest chance of losing in the ordeal, although you also tend to stay under the radar of the big boys when it comes to places to sue. :-?