You&#x27;re making a tough claim here.<p>You&#x27;re not just saying that the system can be improved (which is kind of self evident and applicable to pretty much everything) but you&#x27;re saying that software patents are holding back innovation.<p>How would you go about proving that?<p>I prefer to stick to a more reasonable claim: the system is not broken, it has a few flaws, such as those that enable the existence of non-practicing entities. Fix that flaw and everyone will finally realize that the concept of software patents is sound. We just need to improve its current implementation.