>The patent is beside the point of the business of inventing and bringing products to market. It's a legal weapon, not a tool to encourage commerce. I'm not su

>The patent is beside the point of the business of inventing and bringing products to market. It's a legal weapon, not a tool to encourage commerce. I'm not sure how this is responsive to my comment, which was directed at correcting your misconceptions about how patents work and are used. I think some people would disagree that it doesn't encourage commerce. Were it not for patents, many inventions would be trapped under trade secrets and would never have been disclosed to the public at all. It's also an odd point to make to me as I never suggested that a patent was a "tool to encourage commerce." >It's not about protecting your inventions. It's a legal weapon. Yes, a patent is a legal tool. You were the one that suggested owning a patent was a defensive tool, which I explained to you is not really true, most especially in the context you provided of countersuing.