Arguments about the value of patents have heated up over the past few years. Software patents in particular have come?under?increasing?scrutiny?from thought leaders in the start-up ecosystem, yet later-stage companies like Facebook continue to?pay huge sums?to 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. Here?s what we found:
Friday, June 22, 2012
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 come?under?increasing?scrutiny?from thought leaders in the start-up ecosystem, yet later-stage companies like Facebook continue to?pay huge sums?to 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. Here?s what we found:
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