You're either being daft or naïve on purpose here to prove your point. Too bad it's rather transparent.

As uTMY states above, most companies are abusing the patent office to become their enforcers whenever a company becomes too dominant in their area using something they try to skew to be close to their idea. Most patents are now based on either looks (like the rounded rectangle shape of the iPhone or the rounded square icons) and they use that to say that Company X has copied them, they should pay me.

That's not a recipe. That's not even a process. Those are the patentable things that should be enforced? A shape? And that's why you sue?

I would say use common sense, but history keeps repeating on how uncommon that truly is in the real world. But to think that these patents are being used to protect their intellectual property - it's not. The USPTO is being used as a punitive device in the hands of the corporations in a court of law. That's called abuse.

I'm sure you'll have some witty retort where you attempt to identify some flaw in my intelligence and how you're so much better than all that's here, but next time, be a man/woman/bot and have substance in your reply. It's not that hard. I know you can do it.