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No, a patent troll is a non-practicing entity (NPE). The specific reason they're dangerous is because they aren't subject to counter claims. You can't come alon
by trotsky 14y ago
No, a patent troll is a non-practicing entity (NPE). The specific reason they're dangerous is because they aren't subject to counter claims. You can't come along and redefine a word simply because you don't understand it.
- dhimes 14y agoThe term is fairly new and as such the common definition is still changing, but Wikipedia agrees with regularfry Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company who enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered aggressive or opportunistic with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention.* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll (this article is referenced: Alexander Poltorak. "On 'Patent Trolls' and Injunctive Relief"., ipfrontline.com, May 12, 2006)
- harywilke 14y agoOdd summation. The Etymology and definition section of the same wikipedia article leans towards the non-practicing entity notion of a patent troll. Just being a jerk with a patent dosen't make you a patent troll.
- regularfry 14y ago> You can't come along and redefine a word simply because you don't understand it. Physician, heal thyself.
- Dylan16807 14y agonon-practicing in the area of the patent.