"There are people out there that will reverse engineer a cell phone and try to identify parts of its functionality that are not patented. They will then patent it and then sue the company for violating their patent."
While I have no doubt there are those who try this, any such patent they obtain would be invalid on the basis of the "Prior art" doctrine.
While I have no doubt there are those who try this, any such patent they obtain would be invalid on the basis of the “Prior art” doctrine.
That was my take as well. It seems there is more to it than that though. I just forgot what it was.