Statements from venture capitalists

This list is just the vocal venture capitalists against software patents.

Brad Feld

• Brad Feld on software patents
• Abolish Software Patents

[...] patents on software are a massive tax on and retardant of innovation in the US.

Art Reisman

• Analysis: Confessions of a Patent Holder:

Patents should never be awarded to: 1) ideas; 2) processes, recipes, software programs.

Todd Vernon

• My Dumb Software Patents:

Many think that Software Patents are stupid. I conceptually agree with this statement. Having spent what seems like millions of hours constructing these, baby sitting them, defending them; it is really all wasted time and effort, at least in a conceptual sense. There is no way for a software engineer or system architect to have any idea what exists out there to either copy or avoid (whatever the motivation).

Laura Creighton

• e-Patents and financial investing

Fred Wilson

• How Patent Trolls Are A Tax On Innovation
  • Why Patent Trolls Are A Tax On Innovation (continued)
  • More Patent Nonsense
  • Permissionless Innovation and Patents

Brad Burnham

• Software patents are the problem not the answer
  • Techdirt.com discusses Burnham's essay

Jason Mendelson

• The End of Software Patents?

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Brad Feld on software patents
• Which sectors are for and against
• Statements and quotes

External links

• Software Patents: the Investor's and Venture Capitalist's perspective, by FFII
• Declaration By Venture Investors and Venture-Funded Companies on Software Patents
• A PR mentioning that the NoSoftwarePatents campaign is supported by Benchmark Capital and Danny Rimer, a partner at Index Ventures

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/06/mailing-out-patent-absurdity.html