RJ Metrics founder Robert J. Moore and local patent lawyer Leonid Kravets found that only one-third of a sample of 12,404 funded technology companies have applied for patents, a signal that startups are paying less attention to patents, reports TechCrunch.
Arguments about the value of patents have heated up over the past few years. Software patents in particular have come under increasing scrutiny from thought leaders in the start-up ecosystem, yet later-stage companies like Facebook continue to pay huge sums to acquire patent portfolios.
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