There is a really simple solution to patent trolls: make every patent follow the guidelines for "Petition to Make Special". In other words: "use it or lose it".

There is a really simple solution to patent trolls: make every patent follow the guidelines for "Petition to Make Special". In other words: "use it or lose it". PTMS was created to expedite patents based on the assumption that it would be too costly to make an invention without patent protection. For example is my patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5341429A/en?q=transformation&q=ephemeral+material https://patents.google.com/patent/US5341429A/en?q=transforma... which has about 500+ citations. After the dot bomb, the company went out of business. That patent was not picked up by a troll. Why? Not sure, but perhaps the PTMS made it less useful for litigation.