Software improves a computing device. Improvements are patentable. Therefore software is patentable. #swpats

But my tweets don't do @MorinvillePaul's masterful article justice. Read it for yourself in full:

Google is a hypocrite: "Android OS, while free for consumers, requires a license for manufacturers to use. Incredibly, this was precisely the case with the Java software—a quasi-open source platform free for coders but requiring licenses for competitors like Google."

"the argument reveals precisely why intellectual property protections are essential—they enable profit, the incentive for innovation"

dangers of #IP theft lie not in the physical nature of the theft itself, but rather the loss of control the theft causes ... Google converted what was Oracle’s private control over their own creation into public property free for all to take https://t.co/sE3afwLwO2 #PatentsMatter

During Prosecution: It is dangerous for Applicant to reject an Examiner's Notice of Allowance if Examiner's recorded Amendments are *NOT* what were agreed to on the phone:

"a big reason to buy these companies is being able to poach all of their engineers in one go" Corporations are being dis-incentivized to invest in R&D that will walk out the door and leave the corp without employee or IP.

A consequence of devaluing patents is an increase of value of know-how. Corporations who invest in R&D are seeing their employees poached instead of selling/licensing their patents: https://t.co/t5JLdSDmLy #PatentsMatter

Good - too many scams have appeared. But bear in mind the Lesson from dotcom bubble: a small handful will be tech giants in 10-20 years. Question is who is the AAPL or AMZN of crypto?

Claims: The following two are equivalent: "non-transitory computer readable medium" and "memory"

During Prosecution: It is dangerous for Applicant to reject an Examiner's Notice of Allowance if Examiner's recorded Amendments are *NOT* what were agreed to on the phone:

#PatentsMatter, still ways to go but reasons for optimism: 1) Copyright has recently won a major victory in EU 2) Public is onto #BigTech's tricks. This time they will not so easily be allowed to massively lobby Congress as AIA 3) Political efforts to undo parts of recent damage

Of course - because patents protect investment into costly R&D - so countries with strong IP rights effectively promote R&D thereby advancing technological know-how and prosperity in that country #swpats

Patents encourage investment into costly R&D: "The point of the patent system is to incentivize investors, as much as it is to incentivize inventors" - Judge Michel #swpats #patentsmatter

egregious overreach of IEEE policy are under the microscope: dueling interests of innovators and implementers is best resolved through free market competition and bargaining: https://t.co/dC0fLYUDrg #patentsmatter

What has damaged small inventors more?

If access supersedes the individual’s right to control the uses of her property then copyright is truly meaningless.

Make yourself look important - get a fake car phone:

When a gamer looks at a patent: https://t.co/NOsZ1Gd9ym and discussion: