I am against patents in general, and specially in software, but I can see there is no way to change the system the way politics and lobbying work. So maybe we

I am against patents in general, and specially in software, but I can see there is no way to change the system the way politics and lobbying work. So maybe we should try another approach, something every government likes: taxes. Let's add a tax on patents please. (Maybe copyright too, specially of old (>10 years) works.) A big yearly tax for every patent you own. It's the only way I can imagine to put some slowdown to the cancerous growth of IP.