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June 21, 2012 06:38 pm GMT
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Do Patents Really Matter To Startups? New Data Reveals Shifting Habits
Arguments about the value of patents have heated up over the past few years. Software patents in particular have comeunderincreasingscrutinyfrom thought leaders in the start-up ecosystem, yet later-stage companies like Facebook continue topay huge sumsto acquire patent portfolios.Just how much attention are start-ups paying to patents? Rather than speculate, we decided to go straight to the data. We pulled information from CrunchBase and the USPTO to build a patent activity database of over 12,000 funded technology companies. Then we plugged it into RJMetrics, a tool that makes data more understandable and actionable for online businesses. Heres what we found:Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/nrbACM7iyjY/
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