There's a big difference between seeding an industry through dissemination of intellectual property, and lying in wait to attack obvious inventions that have already been widely promulgated. Edison did his work without today's litigation games, at a time when the patent office wasn't overflooded with weak patent applications, and without shaking down end users. If Mr. Morinville is as inventive and entrepreneurial as he claims, he doesn't need those tricks and should support an honest patent system focused on innovation.