It is technically Sunday morning. The day before my IP exam. And I am contemplating what exactly is the difference between novelty and non-obviousness. I am trying to determine when you can get a improvement patent, and when you get a regualr one. I am trying to figure out why a parody would not be considered Fair Use. And I am trying to figure out why in the world people can't just patent their stuff in the first place, and not fight about it later.

And then I realize how sad it is that this whole thing is causing me stress. I mean really, people are starving in Africa, American soliders are acting like sadists in Iraq POW camps, and there are people in many areas of the world who are trying to not die from any number of causes. And I am really worried about a fictious patent that might be subverted by a moron who never patented his work, who has a trademark that might be scandelous?!?!?!

I worry about my priority system sometimes....