As someone who is trying to build a new and innovative product, (in this case, a type of camera), I find the current state of the patent world obscenely disgusting. It has achieved the exact opposite of its intended effect.
Just like the “war on drugs”.
Like the war on drugs, I expect corruption, lobbying, revolving doors, and the rest of our broken society to continue perpetuating this system until even people close to the perpretators themselves are thrown under the bus.
The whole thing is shameful. Nathan Myhrvold, you are happy now? I guess it’s easy to rationalize anything once you have built your nest of empty shell companies and logical-sounding soundbites.
