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Re:The US Supreme Court is hearing a case about patent law’s... by lprubin on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @08:42AM (#13930395)
If you're interested in a book length exploration of patents on the anti-patent side of the argument, I found this book to be well argued:

http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978052...

Re:The US Supreme Court is hearing a case about patent law’s... by throwawaykf09 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:49AM (#13930832)
I believe ewatt (edit: Sorry not ewatt, ekidd, the GP) referenced that same book. Here's my take on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13930823