Pamela Samuelson Surveys High-Tech Startups

LWN.net, April 30, 2010 by Jonathan Corbet
http://lwn.net/Articles/385600/

According to this survey, 65% of software companies have no interest in software patents; they do not see patents as an important part of doing business. That compares with 82% of non-software companies which said they were working toward the acquisition of patents. It is worth noting that companies with venture capital backing had a higher level of interest in software patents than those without.