[t0mmyb0y]

I don't care for software patents. I feel software is like art (excluded from patents for a very long time) and if I come up with what someone else comes up with that is that. I worked at a startup that dumped crazy money into patents. They were awarded many that I feel are borderline at best. Patent system overall sucks, it is capitalism like so much else.

Side note: I worked for a guy that was awarded a patent that allows him to be the only person legally able to fill a balloon with ANYTHING but a gas and sell it. He refused to monetize it and went broke.

[advocateone]

Sounds like you've had some bad experiences. I really appreciate your sharing this. Regarding the balloon, you'll have to check out some of my other responses about the obviousness legal standard for obtaining a patent. Unfortunately, when problem patents are allowed it makes the whole system look bad.

I rather agree with you in the sense that we've got a winner-take-all system, that has a lot of arbitrariness built into it, with huge ability by big players to game the system, where there's huge misinformation and everyone (whichever side they're on) thinks they're right and won't really listen to the other side. I can tell you that if you talk to a room full of patent lawyers, when they're being honest and not brown nosing their clients, are pro-software patents just as much as people on here will be anti. These are reasons why I'm looking to disrupt, it's like Ma Bell before everyone woke up and AT&T was broken up.