Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
6-2006
Language
en-US
Abstract
'Do Patents Facilitate Financing in the Software Industry?' by Ronald J. Mann contributes empirical evidence to our understanding of how software startups use patents. However, a close examination of the actual empirical findings in this paper points to rather different conclusions than those that Mann draws, namely: few software startups benefit from software patents and patents are not widely used by software firms to obtain venture financing. Indeed, among other things, the paper reports that 80% of venture-financed software startups had no acquired any patents within four years of receiving financing.
Recommended Citation
James Bessen,
A Comment on 'Do Patents Facilitate Financing in the Software Industry?'
(2006).
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https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3190
