>image descriptors and occupancy grids What can actually qualify for a patent in Software seems so unclear and variable. Did someone invent the concept of "In

>image descriptors and occupancy grids What can actually qualify for a patent in Software seems so unclear and variable. Did someone invent the concept of "Infinite Scroll" and just not file for IP protection so it gets used everywhere? Or is it copywrite of the actual code that delivers one Infinite Scroll embodiment in JavaScript_Flavor_1? Pirating software as in cracking a keygen of some whole branded Application is very different from launching a relabeled product clone with some reverse engineered feature parity. By some interpretations you literally can't implement a text box without infringing on IP. And I don't see a way, in advance, to figure out what patents overlap with your proposed innovation... you just appear to cross your fingers, file, wait for the examiner to pick a few citations out of a hat, and if you get past that rejection, then you launch said feature (if you haven't already) and review the take down notices case by case. The discovery process can definitely be improved but a lot of innovation takes place in spite of the as-is patent system; not as a result.