"So in the years ahead, China will have lots of patents—far more than the U.S. You can’t fault China; it is simply taking a page from Silicon Valley’s playbook. Chinese patents will serve as land mines for foreign businesses. They will allow China to demand license fees from companies that do business there or to shut them out entirely. It’s best to disarm before it is too late.  That means reforming the patent system. We really don’t need software patents, and we really don’t need patents in other technologies that evolve rapidly." - Simon