> They prevent others from suing you, at least over that one patent. That's like saying that someone can't charge you rent for property that you own. However,

> They prevent others from suing you, at least over that one patent. That's like saying that someone can't charge you rent for property that you own. However, unlike with property that you own, you can get sued wrt an overlapping patent owned by someone else regardless of what patents you own. > That said, I wonder how much it might fix if people were only permitted to license or cross-license your patents and forbidden from reassigning the patent or the right to sue over the patent. In other words, you think that patents shouldn't be sellable.