Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--799d3a-So let's see what happens if h/en

So let's see what happens if he tries to use a patent to stop them. He says &ldquo;Oh No, IBM. You cannot compete with me. I've got this patent. IBM says let's see. Let's look at your product. Hmmm. I've got this patent and this one and this one and this one and this one and this one, which parts of your product infringe. If you think you can fight against all of them in court, I will just go back and find some more. So, why don't you cross license with me?&rdquo; And then this brilliant small inventor says &ldquo;Well, OK, I'll cross license&rdquo;. So he can go back and make these wonderful whatever it is, but so can IBM. IBM gets access to his patent and gets the right to compete with him, which means that this patent didn't &ldquo;protect&rdquo; him at all. The patent system doesn't really do that.