[Patents] Red Herring article

[Thomas Netter tnetter@lnb.cnrs-mrs.fr]

http://www.herring.com/mag/issue66/news-sue.html

"Still, it's hard to argue with the importance of getting
products out the door. Even attorneys like Tom Villeneuve,
a partner at Gunderson Dettmer, a Silicon Valley law firm
that focuses on emerging-growth companies, defends
those who put the market first. "If the trade-off is getting to
market on time vs. getting good patents filed, most people
will devote their engineering resources to the products,"
he says. "And that's usually more right than wrong.""

"Venture capitalists usually are regarded as the
most powerful people in high tech, but nothing, whether a
business deal or a potentially dicey interview with a
reporter, goes forward without the approval of a company's
lawyers."