[spolsky]

I love that idea!

Until that happens, we actually expect that companies in patent-happy industries will monitor filings by their competitors and spend some of their own money and resources blocking competitors from building bad patent portfolios (there was enough of this on Peer To Patent, a very small-scale experiment, to give me confidence that it will happen)

[6ren]

That makes sense. Consumer protection law (Trade Practices Act) in Australia was designed for consumers to use - but it turned out it was always competitors who used them.