One question to ask is whether your product or service is even patentable in the first instance. Ask your lawyer about the court decision in the Bilski case, ht

One question to ask is whether your product or service is even patentable in the first instance. Ask your lawyer about the court decision in the Bilski case, http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/07-1130.pdf http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/07-1130.pdf, which put some pretty tough restrictions on the patentability of software.