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The fact I can sit down and solve a problem and then get sued for it because someone else happened to solve it the same way without me even being aware of it is

• canam 11y ago
  Agreed. I believe a reasonably qualified engineer would produce similar solutions to those same problems. With this patent system, you have to search the patent databases before your start to implement your idea. I've had several buzzkills on ideas because I found them to have been patented. Perhaps my implementations would have made the world better, but we will never know because of the daunting prospect of facing a legal battle.