No, I say, "Live by the sword, die by the sword." With the benefits of patents come risks, and if you are not willing to manage those risks, then don't go get a

No, I say, "Live by the sword, die by the sword." With the benefits of patents come risks, and if you are not willing to manage those risks, then don't go get a patent in the first place. How much time do companies spend putting patent numbers on their products? They can spend just as much time removing them. I say it is a simple cost of doing business.