Comment Re:twitter, I like you (Score 1) 542
The purpose for patents is not to protect the invention any more. It's to protect against ANY invention. And that's not what patents are for.
Unfortunately patents have not protected inventions for a long time, they are designed to be used to exclude others from copying your exact methods and do not necessarily allow you to do something. "Law" Header -> "Effects" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent