Why do software startups patent (or not)?

Pamela Samuelson. Why do software startups patent (or not)?. Communications of the ACM, 53(11):30-32, 2010. [doi]

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  title = {Why do software startups patent (or not)?},
  author = {Pamela Samuelson},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1145/1839676.1839687},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1839676.1839687},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/Samuelson10b},
  cites = {0},
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  journal = {Communications of the ACM},
  volume = {53},
  number = {11},
  pages = {30-32},
}