We consider how startups look at IP protection (usually pretty haphazard) and how big companies do (usually much more carefully). We consider "moats" for your innovation and the varying value of patents - depending strongly on your ability to stay alive long enough to win in court.

- IP and innovation paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08956308.2010.11657627

- Joel Spolsky on schlep businesses: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/12/06/where-theres-muck-theres-brass/

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