system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: With there being millions of patents out there that cover every little detail imaginable, how is it possible for small businesses who can’t afford lawyers to know whether or not their products are violating an existing patent?
gpt
Last week tonight did a whole thing on this.  You don't know if you're doing anything wrong until you're sued.  Apparently there is a whole world where people sue when they have no grounds to sue and either you pay tons of money fighting it or they try to get you just to settle for a ton of money because they have lawyers.  It's extortion.