Kwon: Patents matter far less for software startups than life sciences
Jason Kwon · Carolynn Levy And Panel (Jon Levy, Jason Kwon) - Startup Legal Mechanics · Y Combinator · Aug 29, 2018 · at 38:56
Jason Kwon, General Counsel at Y Combinator, answers a founder question regarding whether early-stage startups should invest in patent applications.
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“Patents tend to matter less. There's less protection under patent law for software or patents anyway, and most of your success is going to be determined not by their protectability of your property under law, but rather your execution under the software. If you're pursuing a life sciences startup, their duplication is actually easier for competitors to, you know, execute on, so patents tend to be more important.”
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