Given that in a global market system anyone contending with the patent system and its abusers, also has to contend with market competition from countries such a

Given that in a global market system anyone contending with the patent system and its abusers, also has to contend with market competition from countries such as China which aren't interested in honoring the IP rules in the first place, I find it hard to argue with your conclusion. Looks like arbitrary rent-seeking and random intellectual piracy to me. A cover for barratry as an income stream.