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What you're (more or less) describing is a combination of defensive patent infringement insurance and a patent pool. Both are things that exist, but patent infr
by 542458 9y ago
What you're (more or less) describing is a combination of defensive patent infringement insurance and a patent pool. Both are things that exist, but patent infringement insurance is crazy expensive, and patent pools are hard for small companies to enter into.
- jogjayr 9y ago> patent pools are hard for small companies to enter into. Per my understanding, patent pools also don't offer any protection against non-practicing entities, correct? Since patent trolls don't use any patents themselves, a defendant in a patent suit can't assert any of the pool's patents against the troll in a countersuit.