Totally agree that if they didn't offer up the prior art to prevent the patent in the first place then they should have. That said who knows if it would have ma

Totally agree that if they didn't offer up the prior art to prevent the patent in the first place then they should have. That said who knows if it would have made a difference. Regardless, I think the bigger issue is that even knowing the patent wouldn't stand up in court, like many tech patents, they have still chosen to close up shop in fear of going bankrupt defending themselves. It's just another example, outside of tech, of the patent system hindering entrepreneurship and business instead of empowering it.