Patent law is totally overstretched today. Once it was said, that patent law was introduced to support small inventors and the disclosure of inventions. Today'

Patent law is totally overstretched today. Once it was said, that patent law was introduced to support small inventors and the disclosure of inventions. Today's implementation of the patent system fails in both respects! Small inventors are not supported, but hindered by the current patent system. And no essential inventions are disclosed anymore by the patent system. Most patents are about things that are so trivial that the patent disclosure brings no additional knowledge to the world. Even the other patents most often do not hold enough knowledge, that would be a real "disclosure" -- patent lawyers are trained today to "disclose" with out real disclosure. The real information is hidden -- just enough information is given, to block competitors. As we can see, additionally the patent system is misused by big corporations today more and more to protect their monopolies. Essentially, patent law is used by the big players to damage the interests of consumers. Today we could also speak of a concealed "patent-tax" that all of us are paying when we buy a smart-phone or other high-tech products. With any product, we pay also for patent-fights, for a host of patent-lawyers many companies need today and for the situation, that cheaper products are blocked by patent-holders. The problem is, that there are to many interests pro-patent. So a real reform will never be undergone by today's politicians.