I am not against someone protecting their intellectual property that is fair and reasonable however the bulk of billable hours has nothing to do with protecting intellectual property. Most of those marginal differences you talk about are patent lawyers coming up with bogus patents to protect a companies position in a market or service but without any real substance, very much like the subject of this thread. The copycats you are talking about for the most part are the companies that have hired patent lawyers for this purpose. This is the bulk of all billable hours, this kind of work. It sounds like we are not going to agree. Last word is yours.
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