> The other was licensing their CDMA patents to all of the players in the market, and this org was run entirely by lawyers. The U.S. Constitution empowers Cong

> The other was licensing their CDMA patents to all of the players in the market, and this org was run entirely by lawyers. The U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to issue patents "to promote progress in science and the useful arts." It's not supposed to be all about full employment for lawyers. When patents inhibit progress rather than promote it, they need to be cut short. Resolving this through antitrust seems like a patch - fixing a problem caused by bad government policies and too many lawyers by adding more government policies and lawyers.