More Calls for Patent Reform

ibi writes "On the heels of the PriceWaterHouseCoopers report about the threat of SoftPats to innovation, comes a book by a Harvard B School and Brandeis economics professor about how broken the patent system is in general. In short their book argues that the entire system is a (stunned silence) scam. (They actually call it 'a creator of litigation and uncertainty that threatens the innovation process itself' instead but that's cause you don't get tenure for using words like 'scam'.) Interesting to see that its gotten so bad that a professor of Investment Banking at Harvard even thinks something oughta be done."

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patent ain't bad for everyone

[Anonymous Coward]

I would patent sex. What an empire I'd build. Plus all your kids are belong to me.

Want patent reform? Here's how....

[FerretFrottage]

Direct all interested parties to the /. IT section and tell them that that color scheme was patented. It will show them without a doubt how wrong and dangerous patents can be with the current system.