>Another idea is to create different classes of patents, so that some >kinds of inventions, like pharmaceuticals, would receive 20 years of >ironclad protection, while others, like software, would receive >shorter and more flexible terms."

So, you want the absolute right of Samsung to blatantly copy Apple BUT..

If a pharmaceutical company who has a drug that can SAVE LIVES can prevent people from making a version of it for cheaper?

Bounce when at the end of a list > Cure for Cancer

Here's an album for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Convenience_or_Give_Me_Death

Disgusting.