You've apparently never met anyone from the patent bar. Their entire purpose nowadays is often to justify monopolies based on nothing more than doing it on a co

You've apparently never met anyone from the patent bar. Their entire purpose nowadays is often to justify monopolies based on nothing more than doing it on a computer. [0] The judges of the CAFC -- the patent court -- make a deliberate effort to pose as innocent fools being astonished by the most basic applications of computers. [1] That's the root of the new power of the patent system. Of course, the current subject proves that even legitimate worthwhile research can produce absurd and abusive patents. [0] http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-orders/13-1505.Opinion.12-3-2014.1.PDF http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-or... [1]http://patentlyo.com/patent/2015/10/concentrated-patent-jurisdictions.html#comment-316474 http://patentlyo.com/patent/2015/10/concentrated-patent-juri...