Why does the patent system exist in the first place? As far as I know, it
was invented to encourage innovation. Well, it did while the rate of
innovation was slow in the 19th century. But now in the late 20th and early
21st centuries, it is destroying innovation. If governments want to
encourage innovation (and who doesn't), they should abolish the patent
system, permanently.

I think if anyone tries to pull a software patent infringement on you, you
should just ignore it, for the simple reason that THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

The previous argument about not being able to patent the laws of natue is
exactly right.

You can not patent Pythagoras' Theorem, as it is just a mathematical tool.
And an algorithm is also just a mathematical tool. And as any piece of
software is simply a collection of algorithms, YOU CAN'T PATENT SOFTWARE!
Therefore if anyone tries to charge you money for using a patented
algorithm, tell them that they can't, because there is no such thing as a
software patent and theirs is void. Give them the previous argument.

So why, in this age of superluminar technological advancement, do we need a
system that was designed to promote it in an age when technological
advancement was working at a snail's pace, and now inhibits it?

Big businesses have too much power, and should not be allowed to get away
with it. Governments should change the law so that a business, no matter
how large, only has the same amount of power as an individual.

Rohan _e_ii

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