I read with interest Steve Murchie’s recent blog, “Patently Absurd,” on software patents. It's very topical and should be required reading for small startup companies as they navigate their way through the early years.

It is specifically relevant as the small startup will often be asked by investors, “What is your intellectual property strategy?”

Infoflows’ Fedmark system is used to protect intellectual property, so naturally we’re often asked our position on trends in patents, copyright and other intellectual property protection systems. One topic that comes up frequently is patents and patent trolls. Our take on patent trolls is pretty simple: We do not care for them.

My name is Steve Stone and I’m the President and CEO of Infoflows. We’re a software and services company providing digital content business intelligence services.

For those of you who have read our blog in the past, I’d like to welcome you back. And I’d like to extend a special warm welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time.

Over the last six months we have seen a 180 degree turn in the acceptance of digital rights management (DRM) systems from the likes of Apple, Amazon and now Yahoo.  I suspect that Microsoft is not far behind.   It really is not so surprising when you think about it. Customers hate it.