Patents are essentially a licence to write new laws. A list of millions of banned actions. The only difference is the people who write these new laws aren't ele

Patents are essentially a licence to write new laws. A list of millions of banned actions. The only difference is the people who write these new laws aren't elected, and the laws expire after 20 years. There is no way to tell if something is banned or not, except by getting sued. I don't know how anyone thinks this is a good idea.