I recall an article a while back about how IBM is so innovative because it had the most patents filed per year on tech or something. I think we can see now that their patenting is less about innovation and more about patent trolling. Quote from the FT article on this below does not seem to show to me that this is the sort of patent that promotes real innovation - "improved navigation using bookmarks" does not seem like a breakthrough patent-worthy innovation, and I wonder how defensible these will be in court.
The computing giant has accused Airbnb of “building its business” by using patents relating to functions such as “presenting advertising in an interactive service” and “improved navigation using bookmarks”.
Quote from (https://www.ft.com/content/6f02ce76-e1d6-45d8-b27a-0491281c2...)
The computing giant has accused Airbnb of “building its business” by using patents relating to functions such as “presenting advertising in an interactive service” and “improved navigation using bookmarks”.