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frikin patent trolls. i think the US patent office needs to completely revise its software patenting laws. currently they software engineering is considered to be on par with normal engineering, while they obviously differ in methods and the amount of ‘discoveries’ that software engineering can come up with just because its faster.
besides, there are so many software patents, and so many of them are purposefully vague, that it is nearly impossible to find out if one is breaking any patents when creating some kind of software solution. while this doesn’t hamper big companies because they hold lots of patents and sign deals with each other on cross-patent usage, it only affects small companies that dont have the resources nor the time to fight large companies.
considering that its the smaller companies that really come up with “creative solutions”, the current US software patenting laws are hampering development. Its interesting that in EU the laws are a lot stricter than in US…
