Lots of people chiming in on software patents--even Marc Cuban (like Bill Gates, Michael Dell, soon to be shown to also be: Mark Zuckerberg--all lucky one hit wonders who everyone seems to think now have valid opinions on everything else--it's laughable).
Software patents should not be outright abandoned--sure there are stupid things that end up being patented but there are plenty of ideas that should be patented--and why not? A company puts money and time into developing a great idea, why shouldn't they benefit from it? The problem with patents is that they last--software patents (and probably others) should fall under the same rules as new pharmaceutical drugs--a company gets a patent on it for only so many years and then anyone can make their own version of that drug. This gives the company time to recoup investment and make a profit and then gives consumers choice and price breaks. Make software patents the same way--just not as long--maybe 1 year after it's granted--this gives the inventor time to take advantage of their work but then allows competition to flourish as well. Without the patents what incentive is there for a pharma company to develop new costly drugs? Same for software, if companies like Apple do the work shouldn't they have the right to some benefit before other companies like Google just come along and copy it and never do any of their own work?
(oh and that stupid comment from Cuban that patents kill jobs--is just that, stupid, just like not calling for taxes on the wealthy and calling them "job creators"--if that were true--where the hell are all the jobs? It's a rich person's bullshit argument)
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