>Anybody here have experience in the patenting department?
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>What is patentable? What is not? I mean in a patentable process is everything patented (the way things work, the look and feel...) or should different patents be applied to different aspects of what needs to be patented?
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>Is it worth it to patent or is this only reserved to the big corporations because they're the only one to have the financial resources to fight for their rights?
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>What are the positive and negative sides to such a process?
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>Thank you for additional feedback on things I could've forgotten.

If you're looking to protect some IP, do yourself a favour and speak with a patent & trademark lawyer who works in the software field.