@jgpeters Part of my problem with what you say is that the legislature did not create software or business method patents. Courts did.
I agree that the legislature should revisit patent law. Part of the problem is found on my other ZDNet beat, healthcare. Patented compounds or devices are pretty straightforward -- they're not placed inside other things -- so the patent law works well for those industries.
The EU manages quite well without software patents. Business method patents are something I never understood. Neither seems to promote innovation, and the promotion of innovation should be the test.
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