Patents are not the problem. Bullshit patents that should have never been granted are. That's the problem. I have no choice but to live in the world of paten

Patents are not the problem. Bullshit patents that should have never been granted are. That's the problem. I have no choice but to live in the world of patents. We have to file patents and protect ourselves from them. One of the reasons for which we have to endure such bullshit is the massive numbers of patents that should have been rejected and never issued. The US Patent Office has granted so many patents that are, as they say in the trade, obvious to those skilled in the art, that almost every domain is an absolute minefield littered with these bullshit patents. What do you do if you have to play in these domains? Well, go and file bullshit patents! It's an arms race. And the ammunition takes the form of PDF files approved by the USPTO. Defending against a claim of patent infringement is very expensive, even if the patent should have never been granted. In some ways, the bottom line is that you have attorneys doing what they do best: Make a mess out of something that could have been far simpler. You have attorneys at the USPTO working with attorneys being hired to put patents through. Everybody is happy. And, if litigation happens, they are all even happier, because that's when the big bucks roll in. I am all for true-invention patents, worthy patents. These require investment, time, effort and true discovery of new things. I am just fine rewarding companies and individuals with 20 years of protection for such work. Anyone who has developed difficult technology understands that it could easily take ten to twenty years to see results. My problem is with the 75% to 95% of patents that should have never been granted.