Patent Law/reform (Score 1)

I'm an Englishman and know nothing about US Law. I work as a Structural Engineer and am not an IP Solicitor. However as a geek I think it is time to change the way IP law works. Take software. I think that only the code in a piece of software should be protected by Law. Not the functionality. The USPTO can't possibly keep on top of it. IP Law is damaging innovation as things stand. The only ones who win at present are the legal trade. In fact, it is in their interests to make the system as complicated as possible. Then they can charge huge fees to try and make some sense out of case law. In England as in the US most Lawyers and Accountants are just vultures. In general they contribute little to society. It is time they were put in their place. Like that would ever happen.