The patent answer was a response to "how are you going to protect your intellectual property and keep your competitors from imitating you?" Doesn't exactly sou

The patent answer was a response to "how are you going to protect your intellectual property and keep your competitors from imitating you?" Doesn't exactly sound defensive, does it? Keep in mind, too, that if Hipmunk is bought out by (say) Orbitz, Orbitz suddenly owns all their patents and will use them if they can.