+1, @ least 75% if the Oracle vs Google case is typical.

On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:50 PM, Jess Holle wrote:

> Until the patent office can figure out how to judge real innovation and 
> uniqueness in a software patent it should stop issuing any.  They should also 
> declare that existing software patents are suspect and set a very high burden 
> of proof for any to retain their legitimacy.  The patent office and/or courts 
> could then invalidate 99+% of all existing software patents.
> 
> Whether there are any sufficiently innovating and unique items to deserve a 
> patent in this area is an open question.  However, the vast majority of 
> software patents that come up in lawsuits, etc, are broad, non-nonsensical 
> land grabs of vast conceptual spaces without any evidence of originality of 
> thought.  These should clearly be invalidated.
> 
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