Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--bcbc13-When you hear people describe/en

When you hear people describe the patent system, they usually describe it from the point of view of somebody who is hoping to get a patent- what it would be like for you to get a patent. What it would be like for you to be walking down the street with a patent in your pocket so that every so often you can pull it out and point it out at somebody and say &ldquo;Give Me Your Money!&rdquo;. There is a reason for this bias, which is that most of the people who will tell you about this patent system have a stake in it, so they want you like it.