Patent trolls have gotten a tougher time making money because we have kept talking about the problem. See this example here, which refers to the TC Heartland de

Patent trolls have gotten a tougher time making money because we have kept talking about the problem. See this example here, which refers to the TC Heartland decision, and politicians saying a judge's decision is reprehensible: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/appeals-court-east-texas-cant-keep-patent-case-because-of-one-local-salesman/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/appeals-court-ea... There is such a thing as the court of public opinion, and legal progress is made by talking about debilitating legal crap.