> You're making a tough claim here.. You're not just saying that the system can be improved but you're saying that software patents are holding back innovation.

> You're making a tough claim here.. You're not just saying that the system can be improved but you're saying that software patents are holding back innovation. How would you go about proving that? That's not a tough claim that needs proven, it's an obvious observable fact to every programmer in the industry. We can't write software without violating tons of patents these days, idiotic patents issued by ignorant people who don't understand the absurdity of the claims being made. Patent trolls, of which we are overflowing with, hold back innovation and they are a direct byproduct of an obviously broken badly designed patent system. > I prefer to stick to a more reasonable claim: the system is not broken, it has a few flaws, such as those that enable the existence of non-practicing entities. It's broken.