Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--1cf3f7-Suppose you've got three paten/en

Suppose you've got three patents. One points there, one points there, and one points there, and somebody over there points a patent at you. Well, your three patents don't help you at all, because none of them points at him. On the other hand, sooner or later, somebody in the company is going to notice that this patent is actually pointing at some people, and [the company] could threaten them and squeeze money out of them&mdash;never mind that those people didn't attack this company.