We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12619323 and marked it off-topic.

There are two things wrong with your comment.

1. Between the use of a fake quote and the use of the term 'kids', it as overly rude.

2. It is factually incorrect (http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1701443/USD670286S1.pdf)

Not really a straw man, this is quite relevant in the context of companies like Apple which act on both sides of the patent dispute field. Apple did try to enforce patents which should not have been granted in the first place because the claims were either not new (slide to unlock is a good example) or overly broad (the mentioned design patent on 'rounded corners', read the actual patent application to see why it is called such). On the other hand Apple does get sued by companies holding equally nonsensical patents.

This is really a case of 'live by the sword, die by the sword', although the actual sum - even though every cent paid out to a patent troll is one too many - will not hurt Apple very much.