See also: http://paulspontifications.blogspot.com/2011/04/patent-58931...
Software patents are stupid because you're trying to patent A WAY OF DOING SOMETHING and not A PRODUCT, even if said product is built from ways of doing something.
Example: I patent "A method for storing data on physical storage using blocks" and sue everyone. There are people who try to patent RAM and storage: http://www.google.com/patents?q=a+method+for+storing+data...
I'd wager that most of those are invalid patents / should be abolished.
See also: http://paulspontifications.blogspot.com/2011/04/patent-58931...
Software patents are stupid because you're trying to patent A WAY OF DOING SOMETHING and not A PRODUCT, even if said product is built from ways of doing something.
Example: I patent "A method for storing data on physical storage using blocks" and sue everyone. There are people who try to patent RAM and storage: http://www.google.com/patents?q=a+method+for+storing+data...
I'd wager that most of those are invalid patents / should be abolished.