All businesses are targets
From en.swpat.org
Even though you may be a simple user of other people's software, you are open to being sued by patent holders. They will target all kinds of businesses, large and small, and even private individuals, on the grounds that the software you use is violating their patents, and therefore you too have broken the law, simply by using that software.
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- 2008 State of Software Patents, a report by Ben Klemens showing that the victims are frequently non-software companies such as CDW Corp., Motorola, the Green Bay Packers, OfficeMax, Caterpillar, Kraft Foods, ADT Security Services, AutoNation, Florida Crystals Corp., HearUSA, Tire Kingdom, and Boca Raton Resort and Club
- Microsoft - frequently fined for infringing software patents
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