[advocateone]

Hi Everyone - I know there's a lot of prose in the responses below, but you may discover a lot about the entire patent system (especially business method and software patents) and the issues startups have to deal with, by checking it out.

My responses are not to take sides, but so that you get the challenges in light of the patent system as it really works. Already I've gained a lot of insight from your responses.

Please keep your responses coming. I'd love to hear some anecdotal info or studies showing the problems with software patents.