(August 25, 2016 at 3:11 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Yeah, idiotic. Like a cap isn't obvious to everyone, much less someone versed in engineering, which according to law should invalidate the patent.
Which of course they won't because the overwhelming number of patent cases are cherry picked into a particular Texas court that is very friendly to the patent holders.
Fucking system is rotten all around. Excuse the French.
This kind of shit really is what makes me think libertarians are a bit naive. If with governments they pull shit like this, one expect them to self regulate? Never underestimate the power of human greed.