Those arguments for acquiring patents are as weak as the patents themselves. I'll admit that I only skimmed and read parts of them but nothing seems patentable or particularly innovative to me. It just looks like standard software engineering.
> as a startup we need to create value and this method has proven successful in the past
This means nothing to me. You did something I'm not a fan of in the past (patenting software) so that makes it okay to do now?
> we’ve never thought of using patents against others
It doesn't matter that you've never "thought of using patents against others". Things change. And the way that business is going it seems inevitable that these patents are going to end up in the hands of patent trolls. Patent trolls don't usually come up with their own patents. They buy companies that aren't doing well just for the patents.
> And now, our number one driver for building IP: companies sometimes need leverage to negotiate or deal with the big tech players
I don't understand this one at all. What negotiations are you having where patents help?
> as a startup we need to create value and this method has proven successful in the past
This means nothing to me. You did something I'm not a fan of in the past (patenting software) so that makes it okay to do now?
> we’ve never thought of using patents against others
It doesn't matter that you've never "thought of using patents against others". Things change. And the way that business is going it seems inevitable that these patents are going to end up in the hands of patent trolls. Patent trolls don't usually come up with their own patents. They buy companies that aren't doing well just for the patents.
> And now, our number one driver for building IP: companies sometimes need leverage to negotiate or deal with the big tech players
I don't understand this one at all. What negotiations are you having where patents help?