I always wonder, does this current patent system protect IP or destroy potential products.
It's not uncommon for a company to think about something and than try to sell it. And if seen some a lot worse pass over the internet. From really basic handling of things that I'd say why would any judge award that patent to begin with.
Patents should protect the interest of inventors, but it shouldn't feed the greed of some people who can't think of good inventions and just add some basics together and claims a patent that hits both oceans, preventing other people from inventing, the cruise line that has to run between the ocean.
I've said it before and I still believe in it. The system needs a rework. It's preventing good inventions and filling the pockets of greedy companies, who want to get a dime out of everything they can claim as their own.