We are on the verge of new wave of “do it with a self driving car” patent trolls

I think this aspect has been overlooked when it comes to this new "idea" from Ford.

There has been endless fight with trivial software patents that completely lack novelty. Now we will see a wave of similar patents related to self driving cars.

https://gizmodo.com/ford-self-driving-repo-autonomous-vehicle-1850168765