Intellectual property legal threats kill competition and ingenuity. It is getting to a point where major corporations hold so many patents and intellectual pro

Intellectual property legal threats kill competition and ingenuity. It is getting to a point where major corporations hold so many patents and intellectual property rights that the chances of other developer(s) potentially infringing on any one of thousands of held IP "rights" is seemingly likely. As an software developer I unfortunately do not have a retainer staff of IP lawyers available nor does the start-up company that I work for. Apple and other large IP holders use their IP as a weapon to drive off competition and kill ingenuity. Developers in countries other than the United States have an advantage in that they do not have as much to worry about United States corporate legal threats.