If you're serious about "reforming" software and standards patents, you should first carve off that area from pharma and bio patents. Make software just plain not patentable.
Why? Strategically, you don't want those drug people as enemies. They have an extremely powerful lobby in D.C. and many "reforms" that make sense in software would get them up in arms. Choose your battles.
Why? Strategically, you don't want those drug people as enemies. They have an extremely powerful lobby in D.C. and many "reforms" that make sense in software would get them up in arms. Choose your battles.