Patents are an offensive weapon by design. Getting a patent does not allow you to make a gadget; it allows you to sue someone else so that they cannot make a ga

Patents are an offensive weapon by design. Getting a patent does not allow you to make a gadget; it allows you to sue someone else so that they cannot make a gadget. It shouldn't be surprising or unexpected or frowned upon that they are used to kill competition - that's basically their raison d'être.