[rayiner]

Hey let's not give Amazon a free pass here (as a company that has merely solved the problem for itself with an expensive legal team). Amazon was at the forefront of frivolous patents with things like its "one click shopping" patent.

No reform is possible as long as industry leaders like Amazon and Apple not only don't push for reform, but actively embrace the status quo. To laypeople, Congresspeople included, the opposition of small companies like Newegg and Rackspace is indistinguishable from noise. They look to the market leaders for guidance on the direction legislation pertaining to the industry should go.