Patent Auctions fueling innovation

One thing that occurs to me is that large companies now find themselves in a new environment where they can easily ask themselves, " Is it cheaper to just buy the idea or engineer a way around it without infringing?" With these new mechanisms for establishing the value of patent ideas, they will be able to more quickly make that determination. This will most often work out in the favor of the inventors, especially if they drafted their claims carefully and their idea is obviously valuable.