Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Patents

Patent Worth It? (ycombinator.com)
I have a friend who was in YC and he said software patents are a waste of time. He said in his entire career he's never met or known someone to enforce a software patent. Thoughts?
Software Patents, Startups, Legal Advice
4 points by ruwak 34 days ago | 7 comments
Patents for software and genetic code could be revived by two bills in Congress (arstechnica.com)
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider two bills Thursday that would effectively nullify the Supreme Court's rulings against patents on broad software processes and human genes. Open source and Internet freedom advocates are mobilizing and pushing back.
Software Patents, Genetic Patents, Law, Politics, Open Source
3 points by isaacfrond 156 days ago | 0 comments