An article from New Zealand surprisingly gets a lot of things right about the U.S. Patent system.

It is a myth that only weak patents are litigated. Quite the contrary, only strong ones are. That is because they cover important inventions that others want to copy.

The article correctly does not excuse the U.S. Patent Office for doing the best possible job during examination. However, it does place the burden on the lawyers for drafting from the outset the strongest possible patent application. The article also does provide this good advice for patent filers: