Submission + - Why USPTO awards so many outrageously stupid patents ? (slashdot.org)
morto writes: "Why USPTO awards so many outrageously stupid patents?
I am always amazed by the ever-growing stupidity of software patents. Why is that so? Is it dumbness, corruption or something else?
Please illuminate me because it is looking pretty crazy from outside (and take into account that I am Brazilian, meaning I should be at this point well desensitized by government agencies stupidity and corruption)."
I am always amazed by the ever-growing stupidity of software patents. Why is that so? Is it dumbness, corruption or something else?
Please illuminate me because it is looking pretty crazy from outside (and take into account that I am Brazilian, meaning I should be at this point well desensitized by government agencies stupidity and corruption)."
