Business "competition" has moved to who pays off Congress for what.  Hard to pick a winner or loser in this dispute:  patent holders that appear suspect on their face, or patent avoiders who are clearly criminals who need to be in jail.

a real puzzler.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/in-a-bill-wall-street-shows-clout/?WT.mc_id=DB-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M209-ROS-0711-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click