Well, it would remove a lot of the minefields which are currently worrisome to startups. Software is rather unique in that it has been granted all of patent, c

Well, it would remove a lot of the minefields which are currently worrisome to startups. Software is rather unique in that it has been granted all of patent, copyright, and trade secret status. I firmly believe that software patents are counterproductive to advancing the industry and should not be held as valid. The legal developments detailed in the article look like great progress in encouraging innovation in the software industry.