Comment Re:Yet Another Reason... (Score 1) 214
I don't have statistics, but... maybe? Honestly, most of the people I work with, I'd say 95%, - which are almost all patent people - are just hardworking Joes that work in this particular field. They used to be scientists or engineers, they have families they love and life goals just like you and me.
As for reasonableness, they argue by profession, so they tend to look at all angles and if you give them a good argument, they'll consider it. And just like any profession, there are bad apples too (primarily they are just greedy, not amoral); sadly I know of some. But the vast majority of attorneys are normal people.
There are problems with the patent system. I openly agree to that. And I have very reasonable friends that disagree with me, even on the troll issue (the argument being that although trolls are bad, forcing some sort of use requirement or preventing the assignment of IP would be worse). But no system is going to be perfect. I give Obama and Congress credit for pushing some good change through. For example, it is now impossible for trolls to file a lawsuit against unrelated parties. All we can do is keep trying to tweak it to get it right.