[Johnny_Cipher]

There is little if any benefit to getting an overbroad or faurdulent patent, because it will evaporate when you try to enforce it.

Color me skeptical. If people can make a fortune suing McDonalds for spilling coffee on themselves, they can certainly file enough nuisance lawsuits and get enough defendants to settle to keep themselves in high cotton.

[oceanview]

that basically defines how lawyers operate in the medical malpractice and personal injury/auto accident arena. just file and file and file, while the insurance companies settle and settle and settle. settlements in the 10-50K range are where most of these guys make their money, only the 7 figures cases make the news, but that's not where the frivolous lawsuit action is.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Color me skeptical. If people can make a fortune suing McDonalds for spilling coffee on themselves, they can certainly file enough nuisance lawsuits and get enough defendants to settle to keep themselves in high cotton.

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Good analogy. Like lawsuits, you realize that the "interesting" ones reported by the media are not representative of the whole system. Also, like other legal matters, when one looks at the case in proper detail, the "interesting" and apparently unjust result starts to look more reasonable.