> The term patent troll was invented by someone working for IBM ... The term is widely regarded as having been coined by Peter Detkin, then a senior in-house a

> The term patent troll was invented by someone working for IBM ... The term is widely regarded as having been coined by Peter Detkin, then a senior in-house attorney for Intel [1] and now a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures [2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Detkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Detkin; see also http://www.intellectualventures.com/WhoWeAre/OurTeam/Bio/Peter_N_Detkin.aspx http://www.intellectualventures.com/WhoWeAre/OurTeam/Bio/Pet...