It seems that the current patent system has been transformed into a tool that big companies use to curb the competition.
Almost every week now, there is a case of a big company suing or being sued. The worst part is that most patents are on things that shouldn't be able to get a patent to begging with. Like the general design of a certain product, or an algorithm that are needed to run many things because there isn't other ways to do it.
It's worrisome that those patents are granted, and even more worrisome is that judges are upholding them even when the claim or the patent flies against common sense. It seems that you just need to be big or popular to have the system on your side.
Patents should be granted on basis of the technical merit, not just because no patent had been granted on it before.
I just hope more people put pressure on whoever it needs to be put on, so the patent system is reformed.
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