WebApp Sec: Re: Web Application Penetration Testing Methodology Patent

[Matt Kenigson <president () sheergenius com>]

A.D. Douma wrote:

> Would appear we all are a bit to late. And besides, there is always the
> hacker and open source community we can rely on to publish the tools needed.
> Sanctum will not spend $$ on civil suits unless they feel threatened.
>  
If patent law is like copyright law (which it may not be), then Sanctum 
will have to defend their patent against any and all infringers if they 
want to maintain the patent. 

Again, I don't know if that is true but if it is, the broad nature of 
who they would have to sue alone would make the patent useless other 
than for show to investors.  It would be prohibitively expensive if 
Sanctum were to pursue all of those lawsuits.  That is, assuming the 
first one didn't scare everyone off (I don't think it would).