you have your side chain patents
It is true that Blockstream has side chain patents but they have also made a defensive patent pledge:
https://blockstream.com/2016/07/19/blockstream-defensive-patent-strategy.htmlYou are mischaracterizing Blockstream as an evil company looking to gain a monopoly through the use of the patent system, and that is clearly false. It dilutes the value of your message when you resort to distortions such as this.
He never implied that -- it was just an example of 'things look good right now: you have your funding, you have your patents, etc'.