What we try to do is patent the core IP. If a person leaves, yes, there is a drain of IP, because not everything's embodied in the patent, but you can, with that patent, ensure that the company cannot compete in the same area. You have to be diligent about your core IP, and ensure that you protect it and patent it in the markets that you're going to serve. That's the key. If the market is small in Canada, you may choose not to patent in Canada, for example. You have to make sure of the core IP that you build a business on, which is what we did in exactEarth. We're patenting worldwide. We're going into many countries where the markets are, including Canada. That's an important point. Even if my chief scientist leaves—a Canadian scientist who developed the algorithms—we are protecting that business.
On October 2nd, 2012. See this statement in context.