'Dat my letter!' (and 25 to go)

At the tender age of two, my daughter appears intent on registering a patent for her initial, which happens to be the letter 'E'.

Given that Australia is set to sign a free trade deal with US, by which means we would acquire the US patent system, and given that , from what I've heard, said system is so overloaded as to have effectively rendered 'Prior Art' a thing of the past, this could lead to a lot of creative writing in future!

...Speaking of which, I've seen a lot of comment about the urgent need to overhaul the patent system, but little on what could/should be done. Any thoughts out there in the back paddock?