Well, I'm assuming they have patents that apply, because apparently there are lots of things that are covered by dozens of patents. Broadly written patents are

Well, I'm assuming they have patents that apply, because apparently there are lots of things that are covered by dozens of patents. Broadly written patents are easy to get and very difficult to break. That's not a workable state of affairs. Yeah, we need patent reform. Hell, I'd go even farther than that. I'd get rid of them altogether. The system we have today works at cross purposes to the original purpose of patents - it discourages innovation, because if you come out with a new product odds are it's covered under a hundred broadly written patents. Why bother, unless you're a huge company with a large patent portfolio of your own?