I think having a patent defence fund would be very useful as a deterrent perhaps. I think it would very challenging to decide who you would and wouldn't support and who you would defend and who you wouldn't. You'd have to figure out the merits of the case. I think the money would be better spent on education, teaching companies about IP management and building IP portfolios, and getting away from this idea that everything should be open source. Teach them how to be competitive in the global market so they can defend themselves with their patent portfolios.
On June 20th, 2017. See this statement in context.