>"these days?" This is hindsight bias - when Apple invented the 'swipe to unlock' it was a novel invention, exactly the idea the patent system is designed to p

>"these days?" This is hindsight bias - when Apple invented the 'swipe to unlock' it was a novel invention, exactly the idea the patent system is designed to protect. It's quite right that novel inventions be protected under patent law. Whether you agree with the wider concept of patent or not, this can't be abuse of the current system.