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Yeah, they've blurred the line a little bit. But the canonical patent troll is one that hasn't created anything, just capitalizes someone else's patents... and
by monochromatic 15y ago
Yeah, they've blurred the line a little bit. But the canonical patent troll is one that hasn't created anything, just capitalizes someone else's patents... and Myhrvold doesn't really fit into that category.
- sixtofour 15y agoThere is nothing to stop a formerly innovating person from currently acting the troll. Former innovation does not sweeten current trolling
- monochromatic 15y agoWhat's a troll? Definitions vary, but they all agree that it includes not innovating, just purchasing and asserting patents. All I was saying is that this definition doesn't really fit.