[gitgud]

> "As a software developer from the stone ages who’s spent many years in the field of intellectual property (IP), I’m truly curious why Silicon Valley is so down on patents."

Sounds like you've witnessed the rise of the open-source movement.

It seems that software development is much more of a distributed effort now, as many companies build proprietary systems on top of open-source frameworks and libraries.

So, I put the decline of patents down to the rise of open-source technology. Companies can't patent their ideas due to open-source licensing restrictions.

Lastly, there's a lot of horror stories of patent trolls and fraud that discourages a lot of people who probably should patent their ideas, from doing so. Anyway, just my thoughts.

[advocateone]

Very well said, and insightful, truly.