As I said, >> the current US patent system is quite a ways off from a reasonable definition. But the road to effective IP law in the United States starts with

As I said, >> the current US patent system is quite a ways off from a reasonable definition. But the road to effective IP law in the United States starts with understanding how invention happens. And "all useful inventions are VC-backed product-oriented B2C internet companies" is not a good model for how invention happens for the vast majority of useful inventions. Even in the past decade.