Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--0185c2-Patent lawyers tell us that it/en

Patent lawyers tell us that it's really wonderful to have patents in your field, but they don't have patents in their field. There are no patents on how to send or write a threatening letter, no patents on how to file a lawsuit, and no patents on how to persuade a judge or jury, so even IBM can't make the patent trolls cross-license. But IBM figures, &ldquo;Our competition will have to pay them too; this is just part of the cost of doing business, and we can live with it.&rdquo; IBM and the other megacorporations figure that the general dominion over all activity that they get from their patents is good for them, and paying off the trolls they can live with. So that's why they want software patents.