This is very important. I would be much more scared if the justices weren't asking massive numbers of "silly" questions. It would indicate that they thought the

This is very important. I would be much more scared if the justices weren't asking massive numbers of "silly" questions. It would indicate that they thought they knew everything about the technology, which would be very disturbing. Many of these questions are asked during oral arguments, where a lawyer is describing the technology with other analogies and comparisons to things that have precedent. The justice then ends up saying, "Well, following this line of reasoning, you're basically saying that Ebay's business model is an invention. Is it?" The lawyer then has to respond and clarify what he's saying.