In this overwhelmingly depressing article, I saw a ray of hope, an enchanting possibility .. a silver lining if you will: > Instead, two other mysterious compa

In this overwhelmingly depressing article, I saw a ray of hope, an enchanting possibility .. a silver lining if you will: > Instead, two other mysterious companies came forward seeking to challenge VirnetX's patents. First was a shell company called New Bay Capital, which filed an IPR and then reportedly asked VirnetX for 10 percent of its massive jury award in exchange for backing off. New Bay dropped its case on April 4 without getting any money—and without revealing who was behind the claim. Then came RPX, a defensive patent aggregator that has become increasingly well-known, and increasingly profitable, in recent years. RPX works by selling memberships to companies that feel harangued by patent trolls, including Apple and many other tech companies. How wonderful it would be if the ultimate demise of patent trolls was brought about by other patent trolls :)