So, basically an idea that I have, even though it is the only a gesture, means that I now own the right charge people for using it?? imagine if real life was like that. Say I patented the wave gesture, I could effectively sit back and let the money roll in, until someone made a slight adjustment to the wave, like wiggle the fingers and then proceed to sue the crap out of that unfortunate person. And according to the courts at the moment I'd win!!! In fact, after doing no research what-so-ever, I'm pretty sure someone has already patented the wave for a keyboard-less system.
The biggest hindrance to innovation are the big monopolies themselves, instead of actively making something that is beneficial to the public, they instead will go and register idea's just to cut off the opposition. Not only that, they register things that were not even possible at the time. I doubt the big companies even have great ideas themselves, some guy/gal most probably had a great idea, told a buddy, who told a buddy, that somehow got to a prick at a big company that registered the idea WTF!!!! All the while the 'patent' team takes the credit and the company gets the money. It always reminds me the Dolos, a great South African invention, and how the contested origin is now lost in facts and double facts. But the point is in this case there is a physical thing that was not a common action or interaction. Most software patents are just gestures, like swiping my finger across a screen in one direction!!! and that is a patent!!!! What on earth are people thinking!!!!
Technology will stay on earth until people are allowed to try, and extend at will. Instead of screwing the public by locking them in, rather allow innovation and concentrate on build quality. Ultimately the final product is what will win people over, not some cock-a-mainy patent.
governments around the world seriously need to rethink their patent systems and allow growth and ideas to flow, they better do it, because the big companies sure aren't playing nice and will surely like monopolies more than oppositions (even though they deny it).
Patents are not a hindrance to creativity, they are there to protect intellectual property rights from being abused or miss-used, Swiping fingers across the screen is not really being patented but the tech behind that is what matters to the company ( I have been swiping my finger across my laptop screen without any commandos dropping from heli's demanding money apart from smudging my screen ) what is important though is that we all free to create better ideas (innovate) without ripping off a existing idea's.
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