Allison Marie Saad :

Without strong patent enforcement the little guy will always have have to just sit back and take that patent infringement of the industry giants with no recourse!

The slogan that the state needs to protect “the little” guy needs protection from “big business” is Marxist propaganda. Laws which favor any discriminate against any part of society ultimately harm everyone . Discriminatory economy legislation only creates monopolistic benefits for established players against new competitors.

In this case, the desire to “protect” small inventors, superficially discriminates against established companies. But this is an incomplete analysis. In reality, startups are faced with the large patent portfolio of established players and the costs of predatory lawsuits by patent trolls, from which they are more vulnerable. Patents create incentives which discourage potential inventors from creating real products and instead encourage them to go after the successful patent holders. Once successful, patent encourage companies to sue potential competitors out of existence rather than to continue innovating. Instead of being directed into invention and production, patents direct resources to lawyers and patent moochers. This is how we end up with outrages such as the $500 tribute Microsoft had to give Eolas for their browser plugin patent.

Without strong patent enforcement the little guy will always have have to just sit back and take that patent infringement of the industry giants with no recourse!