When you file a patent the patent attorneys tell you how critical it is to do so.

When someone infringes a patent, especially if you’re not commercializing your patent, the patent attorneys tell you, “wow, that looks really tough.”

It’s a big company game at this point, in general, or you’d need something that drives an immense amount of value before the patenting seems worth it, as far as I can tell.

Maybe we should get rid of patent protection. We already have enough welfare for megacorps, and this is just another form of it.