> The only thing that has changed is companies have realized patents are a better means to that end because copyright does not, in their eyes, afford sufficient protection
No, what changed was that the Federal Circuit invented software patents.[1]
You make it sound like companies woke up one day and realized that patents on software and business methods were a way better idea than everything they had tried before. What actually happened was that the few software and business method patents that were granted were never upheld. Until the Federal Circuit was founded.
No, what changed was that the Federal Circuit invented software patents.[1]
You make it sound like companies woke up one day and realized that patents on software and business methods were a way better idea than everything they had tried before. What actually happened was that the few software and business method patents that were granted were never upheld. Until the Federal Circuit was founded.
[1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-a-rogue-appea...