<i>Also, for using a system that&#x27;s allegedly broken, the US is the country that has been the most innovative in terms of software for decades in a row now.</i><p>I&#x27;d say that&#x27;s <i>despite</i> our patent system, not because of it.  I suspect we could be even more innovative -- and indeed, recover some of the edge we&#x27;ve lost in recent years -- by at least killing software and business-method patents... and frankly I wouldn&#x27;t be opposed to throwing out the entirety of the US patent system.  (Which is of course impossible, even if there was US political will to do so, given foreign treaties and obligations in that area.)