I'm going to discuss 3 very basic things about patents: Why it's good for you to get them; Why it might be bad for your employer (and why they don't care); How to get a patent for your idea (doesn't matter which.) Some of my points are a bit naughty. But I maintain that they're based in fact and fairly widely known. So well-known, in fact, that I'm surprised to have never read it somewhere else. My explanation is that the hatred of patents in the tech world is such that nothing except "HATE! ...
