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.
Its interesting to see how now we need to put more and more funds in marketing. With such huge competition going on, i am not surprised its on the top of your list.