Yes, a stream of <strong>illegal</strong> software patents are being granted. That is the fundamental flaw in patents. It is relatively easy to get one; it is very, very, very difficult to get rid of the bad ones. That means patents will expand and encroach with no effective limits. They have even granted <strong>illegal</strong> patents on the human genome. When are the courts going to enforce the law as written?
No, all software is algorithms and, by law, algorithms can not be patented. You can prattle on about how the world is flat but that does not make it so. The world is round; software is algorithms. Get use to the idea.
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Yes, a stream of <strong>illegal</strong> software patents are being granted. That is the fundamental flaw in patents. It is relatively easy to get one; it is very, very, very difficult to get rid of the bad ones. That means patents will expand and encroach with no effective limits. They have even granted <strong>illegal</strong> patents on the human genome. When are the courts going to enforce the law as written?
No, all software is algorithms and, by law, algorithms can not be patented. You can prattle on about how the world is flat but that does not make it so. The world is round; software is algorithms. Get use to the idea.