Comment Re:What I want to know is... (Score 1) 135
..That's called a taking, and the ex-patent holders would be able to sue the government for the value of the patents. It would be a massive litigation and cost the tax payer an enormous amount of money.
You're obviously a lawyer and I'm guessing there is a precedence for this 'taking'. Well think outside the box, maybe A) this precedence doesn't apply or B) the precedence is crap to begin with and should be ignored. I hate how lawyers rely on precedence so much. If it's not precedence, it's a law that can be repealed.
To be honest, I don't think it's so much a court system problem but with the patent system itself and idiotic patent examiners who don't know jack about software/technology and a patent office that prefers to generate revenue as opposed to doing their job.