Actually, Halliburton (among others) has a pending patent application covering patent trolling, "Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Part

Actually, Halliburton (among others) has a pending patent application covering patent trolling, "Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Party Against a Second Party": http://www.google.com/patents?id=lx-wAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents?id=lx-wAAAAEBAJ