There's something in this idea, as I've often toiled over the sharp edges, but it's not all there.
Take one of the article's linked examples, the "Linked List" patent [0], what are the requirements in "producing the thing?" Churn out repositories all day that print random indices of random length, linked list? This idea seems hard to enforce on software patents, which tend to be the most disingenuous, along with most UI, UX, and form/material patents. Do I have my OS create trillions of glossy chat bubbles every day, on a large distributed network, to protect my trivial patent?
Take one of the article's linked examples, the "Linked List" patent [0], what are the requirements in "producing the thing?" Churn out repositories all day that print random indices of random length, linked list? This idea seems hard to enforce on software patents, which tend to be the most disingenuous, along with most UI, UX, and form/material patents. Do I have my OS create trillions of glossy chat bubbles every day, on a large distributed network, to protect my trivial patent?
[0] http://www.google.com/patents?id=26aJAAAAEBAJ