Xbox 360 in danger of being banned from the US.

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Originally Posted by Professor S

US patent law was built by lawyers who want to be able to continually sue over infringement. The data and technology company I work for is not a big one, but we have been in a perpetual state of legal action over the last 15 years. The standards for patents are so low that you can basically patent a general idea for the express purpose of suing anyone who comes up with something similar. These people make a living on out of court settlements. It's completely corrupt and will likely never change as long as trial lawyers continue to lobby against reform.

This is so true from my experience as well... hopefully patent law is reformed in the future.