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Using Software Patents To Support The Business Model Of Software Components

Even though off-the-shelf software components are considered to be the technology of the future, to date their success in the market is rather low. While many attempts have been undertaken to overcome technological obstacles such as component interoperability, the business model has been given comparably fewer thoughts. This paper discusses how inter-company reuse of software components could be facilitated by software patents. In particular, it explains how patents can help strengthen the weak business model of software components by slowing down today's proliferation of standards and reducing other obstacles on the way to make software component vending economically more viable.