None of his comments even address the problem of patent trolls. When legitimate tech companies such over patents, the obvious defense is to sue back. There is h

None of his comments even address the problem of patent trolls. When legitimate tech companies such over patents, the obvious defense is to sue back. There is hope that they will realize the futility of the patent war and either do binding mediation or simply decide the war has to end. Retaliatory defense doesn't work against trolls, who have nothing to defend. Even if the troll company folds for whatever reason, you can just pass the patents to another shell company and start again. For the IBM lawyer and others saying that the patent system doesn't need reform because there were patent lawsuits 100 or so years ago, please cite an example of the trolls that Rockefeller, Edison faced.