A ray of light in the dark US patents nightmare

"Open-source Overhauls Patent System"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/technology/10blue.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1717224&tid=155&tid=136&tid=103&tid=106&tid=218

I hope this develops into something meaningfull........