The first patent troll was around in 1879: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/05/the-original-patent-troll.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general

The first patent troll was around in 1879: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/05/the-original-patent-troll.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/05/the-origina... Yeah, it wasn't a software patent, but. It's not hard to see something that's happened before and "predict" it could happen again.