[WildUtah]

Unfortunately Microsoft still benefits from software patents. In fact, Microsoft benefits from losing a few hundred million dollars each year in software patent cases.

Microsoft is a big monopoly that has a lot to fear from startups. Startups are the companies that have to negotiate the software patent minefield. Keeping the minefield dangerous benefits the powerful established player.

The ideal thing for Microsoft would be to increase the craziness and lose a billion dollars a year to obviously non-innovative software patents. That would really discourage innovation and inventions and keep the position of the largest monopoly in the business secure.

Our software patent system really only hurts and restrains small businesses and actual inventors. Big business that wants to block innovation is the beneficiary.