Well, he says the source code lives "on his computer" and he "owns the patent for it". That implies that he patented the source code, which you cannot do. You c

Well, he says the source code lives "on his computer" and he "owns the patent for it". That implies that he patented the source code, which you cannot do. You can copyright source code, I think, but you can't patent the actual code. This story is sort of fake on the face of it. He said in the story that they used to hire a vendor to take care of what his program did, which implies prior art. And if the company is really losing millions of dollars a week, well, last I checked, it's a lot cheaper to hire lawyers, get a temporary injunction, stop the bleeding, and invalidate the patent.