Hope for Patents

I just got back from a vacation with some good friends. So I'm in a pretty good mood. I don't have a rant for you today. Instead I stumbled across an article over at Ars Technica that basically says the Supreme Court made a ruling that equates to you can't patent common sense.

More specifically you can't patent anything that would seem obvious to someone with ordinary skill in the field that the patent is being applied for. While there is no word on rather this will immediately invalidate 80% of our current patents, or rather each one will have to be fought and beat in a court. Nonetheless, this sets a precedent, and one that was originally intended when patents were devised.

Three cheers for innovation and to the employment offices for all the greedy patent farmers.