I specifically stated my comment was about these LAWYERS, not the companies. This specific case is of lawyers who are friends or spouses of other patent LAWYERS

I specifically stated my comment was about these LAWYERS, not the companies. This specific case is of lawyers who are friends or spouses of other patent LAWYERS, as is plainly stated in the article. These are people who are specifically perusing stores to find products, writing down the patent numbers, finding if they've expired, and then suing companies. This is not the action of people who are trying to benefit the American public. This is a clear situation of despicable people trying to use the legal system to make a fucking buck that they didn't do anything on their own to earn honestly. And ad-hominem attacks are completely unnecessary.