The article linked to is a summary of this article, which I think is better, and has less of this I-don't-know-what's-going-on-but-I-don't-think-it's-right lang

The article linked to is a summary of this article, which I think is better, and has less of this I-don't-know-what's-going-on-but-I-don't-think-it's-right language: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/07/apple_drops_appeal_of_21_7_million_opti_patent_suit.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/07/apple_drops_ap.... Still, the appleinsider article says that the case was brought in the Eastern District of Texas which is "notorious for catering to patent trolls." Yet, the case was settled the day before argument in the USCA for the Fed. Circuit which is the consolidated court of appeals for patent cases. That suggests to me that OPTI had a defensible case. There is the broader question of whether our patent system is broken, but there's nothing that immediately stands out as egregious in this case based on the facts that i read here and in the Bloomberg article (vs. the inflammatory language used in the linked article and the subject of the OP).