Disgusting. Imagine how much better off we'd be if there wasn't a need to spend that kind of money to preemptively ward off lawsuits from patent leeches. If the

Disgusting. Imagine how much better off we'd be if there wasn't a need to spend that kind of money to preemptively ward off lawsuits from patent leeches. If the big boys are this worried about the current patent situation, how many smaller companies never even get off the ground due to it? Is the possibility of a patent lawsuit a factor in the decision of which startups to extend YC offers to?