Staring at a blank notes app and trying to come up with a startup idea is exhausting. You scroll X,

You are not imagining the contradiction. Patent filings have cooled off in several areas, yet patent lawsuits keep popping up

If you build apps, wearables, AR tools, or AI products, you already know the headache. Your best work may be

If you have been filing patents the old way, this news probably stings. A 9% drop in US patent filings

You can see why inventors do it. You have an idea, patent lawyers are expensive, and an AI chatbot offers