[maratd]

> Complexity is an advantage for the existing elite.

This is true, but until a point. Eventually if a system becomes complex enough, it must collapse. The elite are still human and they still have limitations. Even now, no lawyer is capable of committing the entire body of law responsible for the patent system to memory, nevermind actually grasping all of it.

> The more complex you make patent law, the harder it will be to defend against

The more complex the system, the more contradictions it contains. The more contradictions for you to exploit.

On the contrary, if we had an extremely simplistic system, the small fish would just be told NO with no recourse. Today, they can find reason after reason to counter-sue, appeal, file forms, etc.

Mind you, I'm only a fan of bureaucracy when I'm trying to destroy a particular system.