I don't care for software patents. I feel software is like art (excluded from patents for a very long time) and if I come up with what someone else comes up with that is that. I worked at a startup that dumped crazy money into patents. They were awarded many that I feel are borderline at best. Patent system overall sucks, it is capitalism like so much else.

Side note: I worked for a guy that was awarded a patent that allows him to be the only person legally able to fill a balloon with ANYTHING but a gas and sell it. He refused to monetize it and went broke.