Ok, so you say you're not in Europe, and you say you're not a troll. So I would have to assume that you are misinformed (the other alternative based on the coherence of _this_ post, is that you are drunk).
> the fact that we are having this debate shows that legitimizing patents is still a challenge in the US
No. Hackernews and reddit are two places that don't consider patents legitimate. Outside of those two, there are fewer things in the US at large that are considered MORE legitimate than patents. (If we had a discussion here discussing how evil Zebras are, would that indicate Zebra innocence is still a challenge in the US?)
> it is Econ 101 that monopolies pass-on price increases.
No. Apparently, you've failed Econ 101. There's a huge difference between essential monopolies and inessential monopolies - if I open a banana stand, I have a monopoly over selling bananas in that stand. Does that mean I can pass on any price increases? Yes, if everyone needs a banana AND there is no alternative supplier close enough (making me an essential monopoly). Otherwise, no. Patents are mostly for very limited and inessential monopolies, and they therefore CANNOT do that.
> The point is that software are specifically on things that on can't easily work because they are so. And they sue the companies after their software is implemented.
I have no idea what you were trying to say here.
The important thing to note is that the baseline is not a patent-free world. The baseline is a world in which patents are legitimate, cheap, and let the patent owner set the value (including infinite value, stopping others from using that patent) without any increase to that cheap fixed value of the patent (beyond the costs of litigation)
> the fact that we are having this debate shows that legitimizing patents is still a challenge in the US
No. Hackernews and reddit are two places that don't consider patents legitimate. Outside of those two, there are fewer things in the US at large that are considered MORE legitimate than patents. (If we had a discussion here discussing how evil Zebras are, would that indicate Zebra innocence is still a challenge in the US?)
> it is Econ 101 that monopolies pass-on price increases.
No. Apparently, you've failed Econ 101. There's a huge difference between essential monopolies and inessential monopolies - if I open a banana stand, I have a monopoly over selling bananas in that stand. Does that mean I can pass on any price increases? Yes, if everyone needs a banana AND there is no alternative supplier close enough (making me an essential monopoly). Otherwise, no. Patents are mostly for very limited and inessential monopolies, and they therefore CANNOT do that.
> The point is that software are specifically on things that on can't easily work because they are so. And they sue the companies after their software is implemented.
I have no idea what you were trying to say here.
The important thing to note is that the baseline is not a patent-free world. The baseline is a world in which patents are legitimate, cheap, and let the patent owner set the value (including infinite value, stopping others from using that patent) without any increase to that cheap fixed value of the patent (beyond the costs of litigation)