[mattmanser]

Do you not remember the absurd scenario about 5 years about with click-to-activate Active X controls. MS found a way round it, but eventually caved to licensing because it was such a mess.

[EGreg]

Yes, but suppose it was worse, suppose it was the idea of plugins in browsers. Or something like that.

What if someone right now goes ahead and patents the idea of apps for ... self driving cars? Or the idea of them using traffic maps?