Is funny how things work out: patents which are meant to stave off copycats from profiting off someone else's work end up being snatched by patent trolls who su

Is funny how things work out: patents which are meant to stave off copycats from profiting off someone else's work end up being snatched by patent trolls who sue anyone who does something even remotely similar even if they had no idea there was a patent on it. Meanwhile copycats always find a loophole, they much like patent trolls hire the best lawyers to protect themselves and keep blatantly stealing from others, sometimes going as far as copying the logo and other minor details, showing they don't want to compete but to deceive consumers of the original to use the copy. Either way the innovator gets shafted, specially when the patent troll or copycat is an even bigger company.