I think the patent system should be sped up a lot -- but only for the process of denying patents. We certainly don't need to ease and accelerate the process of

I think the patent system should be sped up a lot -- but only for the process of denying patents. We certainly don't need to ease and accelerate the process of granting them. These idiots who think that speeding up patent grants will create jobs are completely out of touch. If anything, making it faster and easier to get patents will eliminate jobs by increasing the hostility of many industries (especially software) to actual innovators by putting more power in the hands of the largest, most stagnant firms in the business. > "Obama seems clueless about this, but I don't really blame him for not realizing this. . . . Obama actually sounds like he's reciting someone else's line here." That sounds like a great reason to blame Obama.