Hear hear ipsnoop - You've hit the nail squarely on its head! The supreme court and many legislators as well as those in the executive are in the pockets of the large multi-national corporations. The invention and it's inventor no longer matter... stealing it and using it for monetary gain is what it's all about. The inventor shall have no recourse. To hell with the Constitution... it's "only a goddamn piece of paper" (GWB).