An NPE not using its right to practice legal racketeering would be comparable to a company not trying to lower its taxes out of a sense of civic duty: it's poss

An NPE not using its right to practice legal racketeering would be comparable to a company not trying to lower its taxes out of a sense of civic duty: it's possible in theory, but so nonoptimal that it's likely to go bust fairly quickly. Being less profitable than regular parasitic NPEs, they won't be able to pay as much for patents, and will have a hard time acquiring valuable ones. Moreover, I'd venture to guess that people who create an NPE business aren't typically of the most ethic kind. There's another key difference between patents and other "renting" activities: winning a patent lawsuit costs more than the licence it's contesting.