So much money just to buy patents on things that have been on the market for years. They're just trying to conjure monopolies out of patents that have minimal v

So much money just to buy patents on things that have been on the market for years. They're just trying to conjure monopolies out of patents that have minimal value on their own. Seriously- the $4.5B paid for the Nortel patents should have been spent on R&D, it would be a colosal waste to spend a similar amount for Kodak's. Regardless of who gets them.