Alexander Poltorak was recently interviewed for an AP article on why patents are so important to big tech businesses. ("Microsoft deal with AOL part of patent scramble" Associated Press - April 9, 2012)
Article excerpt: ...[P]atents are likely to keep driving deals.
"Patents are a very important asset class that have been ignored way too long," says Alexander Poltorak, CEO of patent-management firm General Patent Corp. "Patents are the currency of the knowledge-based economy."