The Death of Intellectual property

Intellectual property or IP, is the basis that covers the rights of owners on everything from music, TV shows, movies and computer programs. (this is different than real property, like a car or a house). You can get a patent on your IP, saying that you were the first to create it, and therefore everyone else who uses your idea has to pay you royalties.

The concept, however, gets harder and harder to defend when the USPTO decides to issue a patent for "addresses as objects for email messaages".

Someone in the USPTO needs to be kicked in the nads. This isn't the first time they've done something this stupid.