Software is an area where many more ideas are composed together into a single "product" than other areas.
Thus, each single patent tends to affect far more products than other industries.
To work around the problem you mentioned, you can encode in law an exemption for software practitioners from patent law. i.e: Instead of restricting the kinds of patents people can write, give an exemption to any trades people you want from any patents.
Thus, each single patent tends to affect far more products than other industries.
To work around the problem you mentioned, you can encode in law an exemption for software practitioners from patent law. i.e: Instead of restricting the kinds of patents people can write, give an exemption to any trades people you want from any patents.