The fact that this case has progressed for so long indicates that software patenting needs a drastic overhaul. We read these stories hundreds of times a year. Which shows that the patenting is being allowed to be to vague, and that squatting has become excessive. I suspect the majority are good faith mistakes. Where someone independently arrives at the same solution to a common problem.
The software arena reminds me of the comic arena of a few decades past. When the comic companies were churning out characters to copyright for future use, and to deny the competition a cool word. Before long it got so bad that they were patenting dozens of characters a day. Eventually they were shut down. Basically to patent it they first had to use it in a comic, and even then it had to be original.
What software needs is something similar. Where the companies must patent, and use within a year. Further more it must be attached rigidly to coding not just a overarching concept. That should clear the court systems.
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