No, there was an article recently on HN about how Intellectual Ventures "loads" a shell company by transferring a patent to it only days before filing the dispu

No, there was an article recently on HN about how Intellectual Ventures "loads" a shell company by transferring a patent to it only days before filing the dispute. If you put the shell out of business they lose only the single patent (if that). They don't care about the shell, it's like an eyelash of the giant.