Patents, especially computing patents, need to be less general as well. If you can accidentally stumble into multiple patent violations without even trying, th

Patents, especially computing patents, need to be less general as well. If you can accidentally stumble into multiple patent violations without even trying, they aren't really novel ideas by definition. For example "slide to unlock" is a digital patent, but I would argue that any number of physical implementations predate it, and the motion itself isn't novel or unique enough to merit a patent.