Which is interesting because until then they managed without. When they needed to create a warchest they had the cash to do it and it didn't think long. It prob

Which is interesting because until then they managed without. When they needed to create a warchest they had the cash to do it and it didn't think long. It probably wasn't a bad strategy to wait until the last minute to start buying patents. Sure they might have overpaid compared to what they would have paid years ago, yet back then they needed the money to grow, now they have enough for patents.