@Vic

The comment was in response to an earlier post raising Google vs Apple.

To your point... I said the case has merit, meaning that its not frivolous. You really don't know much about US law.

Also to your point, it only takes one count of guilty and if you can raise 50-100 counts that past the first blush test... you will win.

But getting back to my original point that started this thread.

Even if Apple loses their suit against Samsung, they still win. For Apple, it doesn't matter how real or valid the patent is. It allows them to control for the short term, the market and raises the barrier to entry. I'm going to assume that if you sat down, had your cup of tea and thought about the economics involved, Apple could fund the lawsuit from the *profits* of just keeping competitors out of the market.

But its not just Apple. Look at any other company that has a patent war chest and wants to keep competitors out of their markets. IBM (Mainframe) , Microsoft just to name two others.

There's more to this, but it would go over your head...