About the SOMA use of funds after ico:
35% Marketing and area launches
20% Product development and technology
20% Legal issues and patents
15% Operational team
10% Community reward (Well reward the ambassadors and marketers of the community)
Why is there 20% needed for legal issues?
Its a good thing that they plan this ahead. It shows how professional the SOMA team works. Better be prepared when legal issues come on your path
These 20% include also patents, I think for their IIC. As far as I know the costs for international patents are very expensive, you have costs for application, search fee, yearly fees for maintaining the patent and maybe some more costs.