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On the stupidity of patents on "natural ways" of doing thingsOn the stupidity of patents on "natural ways" of doing thingsPosted Mar 22, 2011 9:17 UTC (Tue) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018)In reply to: Microsoft sues Barnes and Noble over Android by AndreE Parent article: Microsoft sues Barnes and Noble over Android
The "best" patents are those that describe natural things, because then everybody will have to walk that path and tumble down the rabbit hole.
But I agree with you, if it's natural, then it requires no engineering and not much thinking, so the patent protects a "good idea that everybody has" rather than a complex design that took years and money to come up with, thus impeding further invention.
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