In the end it doesn't matter, Thomas Jefferson was looking a dozen moves ahead when he helped lay the groundwork for a free society. Other checks/balances/appe

In the end it doesn't matter, Thomas Jefferson was looking a dozen moves ahead when he helped lay the groundwork for a free society. Other checks/balances/appeals, and the incredulousness of the people, will eventually win out over special interests. The patent system won't change until people are affected personally, when they realize that it's costing them jobs and money. I'm always astounded when people stand up for the rich people and organizations who have already won, and give them even more, like they owe them something. My main complaint with this whole case is that the jurors completely ignored their own power. They could have nullified or come up with any way they wanted to handle the case, including setting a real precedent like saying since there is prior art everywhere, there's really no case, and thrown it all out. I worry that we've become so uneducated about civics that we may no longer be capable of cultivating a free and evolving organic government. We're going to find ourselves stuck with archaic laws invented by people who have long since died.