> invalidate the patent without a lawyer IMO today the patent system favors companies with deep pockets, because they can financially strangle competitors with

> invalidate the patent without a lawyer IMO today the patent system favors companies with deep pockets, because they can financially strangle competitors with less resources. In addition existing prior art does not mean much as the US law favors the first to file, not the first to invent [0]. I think an easier exercise would be to invent an alternative mechanism and to patent it, and be ready to be taken to court by competitors. [0] https://www.justia.com/intellectual-property/patents/first-to-file-rule/ https://www.justia.com/intellectual-property/patents/first-t...