I've done two startups where I took out a patent. My experience is that the only people that will ever look at your patent is your VC, and he'll only glance ove

I've done two startups where I took out a patent. My experience is that the only people that will ever look at your patent is your VC, and he'll only glance over it. It's a lot of work that could be spent productively doing something else, so I've stopped patenting stuff. I think it just isn't worth it.