On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:15:40AM -0800, Ken Arromdee wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > (And this still applies just as much to software licenses. It is > > > *hard* to gain a copyright license; you have to create the work. To > > > gain a software patent, you merely have to describe the general method > > > by which you could create it. I find it highly unlikely that patent > > > lawyers cost appreciably more than software developers) > > > > I'm a software developer. So the services of one may, under some > > circumstances, cost me nothing at all (except my spare time). I don't think > > patent lawyers can get cheaper than this. > You could go to law school and become a patent lawyer.
But that's not cheap. Going to law school costs a lot of money. Becoming a software developer only requires buying a computer, which costs a lot less. Besides, researching and filing patents still has some costs even if you're already a lawyer and don't need to hire one.
