Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--1b444b-The mega-corporations avoid, f/en

The mega-corporations avoid, for the most part, the harm of the patent system. They see mainly the good side. That is why they want to have software patents. They are the ones who will benefit from it. But if you are a small inventor or work for a small company, the small company is not going to be able to do this. They try. The problem is that they cannot get enough patents to do this. Any given patent is pointing in a certain direction. So if a small company has patents pointing there, there and there and somebody over there points a patent at them and says give me your money, they are helpless.