Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
> Perhaps it's time for the law to adjust to the point where the stakes for the troll are high enough to make it less appealing as a business?<p>No, that's just polishing the brass on the Titanic.<p>Patents on software just shouldn't exist. At all. We already have established laws where you can't patent maths. An algorithm is just a function. It should be covered by the maths disqualifier.<p>The fact that a smartphone could could contain and potentially violate literally thousands of patents is a complete anathema to the original intent of the system and it should be a huge red flag to the entire idea of software patents.