Is the patent system broken? Evidently, yes. Some dude patented the linked list. Yes, the linked list that all computer scientists learn in a low level undergraduate class.
For non-nerds, this would be the equivalent of something like patenting a sphere (yes, the 3-D shape). If I patented the sphere shape, and if you were a beach ball manufacturer, then you would have to pay me royalties — because I patented that shape, and it’s mine.
DOH. I want to patent a square please.
