Patent laws are the reason why I’m reluctant to work on my idea for a mini-joystick (thumbstick) with force feedback, because even if I manage to get it through without violating any patents of the patent troll by the name of Immersion Technologies, I wouldn’t want the technology to be locked to a single console manufacturer for a decade, then to be only available to certain manufacturers for yet another 5 years or so.
Hungarian here. Once that will run out its course, they’ll say “How could Canada/Mexico/China/Europe do this?”.