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A patent troll is a person or company who enforces patent rights against accused infringers in an attempt to collect licensing fees, but does not manufacture pr

A patent troll is a person or company who enforces patent rights against accused infringers in an attempt to collect licensing fees, but does not manufacture products or supply services based upon the patents in question.

talmand 13y ago
What if they produce products on some of their patents and sue based on the others?
- rsynnott 13y ago
  That'd be a grey area, but doesn't really apply to Apple anyway.
  - talmand 13y ago
    I think it applies to both Apple and Microsoft. Likely applies to a number of large international corporations.