Todd Patterson

The Gulfstream G200 that intellectual property firm Patterson + Sheridan uses for frequent trips to California from the firm's headquarters in Houston has been mentioned in several news reports lately, to the mild dismay of founding partner Todd Patterson.

“We've seen some of that,” Patterson said about reports this month in the New York Times and Business Insider, and on a television station in the Bay Area. ”I'm a little nervous about that because we weren't trying to upset industries like commercial real estate.”

The Times story focused on the high cost of housing in California.