&gt; My idea has already been put to the test and proven correct: the US is the most innovative country in the software area. And has been for decades.<p>That doesn&#x27;t prove your idea correct; it&#x27;s likely the case we&#x27;re innovative despite patents, not because of them, because developers largely ignore them and just code whatever they want anyway.<p>&gt; The scenario you are proposing is unrealistic because that&#x27;s not how the system works.<p>The system doesn&#x27;t work, that&#x27;s rather the point; the entire software industry, which you&#x27;re going on about, largely ignores them, or collects them as weapons of defense against other companies.