By: Jean-Christophe Lavocat
Protecting intellectual property in a digital world is tricky. I know that perfectly well since I have always tried to reverse engineer applications or online services other created. I had a lot of fun while learning how to crack software 15 years ago. Later I realized how easy it was to cheat on Flash games and spent some time cracking online contests just for distraction.
More recently, when I tried to create a startup called WordiZ.it, I spent some time doing some reverse engineering on Google+ API, to discover hidden data. This attraction to the dark side had a bad ending in the case of WordiZ. Since I started to build upon a non-maintained stream of Data, any change from Google meant I had to work lots of hours to find a new way to collect data. Eventually, Google stopped providing it completely, and my first startup idea became irrelevant in one day.
This post is a quick reflection about bootstrapping (low-budget) software startups and patents. It appears that nowadays startups are less attracted to patenting than they were before 2008. Globally I have a hard time understanding patents, and I wonder if there is any interest for small/young software projects. The post will contain misunderstood facts and incorrect information. So please, if you find something wrong, let a comment and I’ll update the article.
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