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How does a patent bank protect against trolls who cannot be countersued as they are not infringing?

• troymc 15y ago
  I guess the thinking is that if you have enough patents, the other guy is surely infringing one (or more) of them.
  • ZeroGravitas 15y ago
    That's the whole point of trolls (or Non-practicising Entities), if they don't do anything (besides sue) then they can't be countersued on the basis of patents they infringe.
    • sixtofour 15y ago
      <evil>The defendant could use their patent bank to sue the troll's licensees, thereby starving the troll.</evil>