Patents can protect a company's ability to be in or stay in a market. They can also keep out a whole bunch of new starter competitors, which might be equally important.
I've recently come across a software patent applied for and granted to a former work-colleague. Not from my current company, I hasten to add. No names. No pack drill!
I read the patent application. And I've thought about it for a while.
Was it obvious? Completely!
Is there oodles of prior art? I'm sure of it!
Is it enforcible? Given the previous two answers, almost certainly not!
Are software patents a complete waste of everyone's time? I think they probably ought to be. Unfortunately, I suspect they will still be around for some time.
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