Another gem from Jessel, the aapstert

I’m not even going to get started on

1. Ridiculous American patent law,
2. Ridiculous American litigation madness, or
3. Ridiculous patents.

It amazes me that we still cling to the outdated, archaic idea of patents. Although I obviously understand there needs to be some incentive for invention, and we live in a capitalist society where profit is the prime motivator. Hence people will try and cloak their new ideas by a veil of secrecy.

But how can we seriously keep on believing this will work in such a knowledge-rich era? Patents and the whole process of filing a secure patent stems from (and worked fine in) the Industrial Revolution. But that is so before-last-century.  The solution might not lie with chucking out the whole system, but we need a serious rethink of the whole approach.
Hoping to Be a Model, I.B.M. Will Put Its Patent Filings Online - New York Times

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