In the latest go-around with patent trolls the us supreme court agreed with apple that all patented intellectual property is free to use so long as one renders it in physical form . New rules for USPTO simultaneously went into affect that no patent shall be approved without an actual working model thus avoiding such waste of court resources in the future . Subsequently Apple's share price has declined to match it's decline in new product releases , Apple saying that this is another reason employment reform is needed to insure a handy supply of innovators to fill their employment rolls.