[Aric2000]

And you are making sense again, this is downright scary.

[null and void]

Indeed. It's the second time I've agreed with him on this thread.

I'm worried...

[js1138]

And you are making sense again, this is downright scary.

Sounds like someone's been listening to cable TV commercials, and has some very expensive pieces of paper on the wall.

f.C is right when he asserts that most patents are worthless. And some very good ones are simply ignored by big corporations. FM radio was in the courts until at least a decade after the inventor died. My current company has a patent that is being infringed, but the offending company has calculated that the legal costs will prohibit any successful challenge.