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Re:My Own Patent Apologies (2014) by monochromatic on Monday December 21, 2015 @04:25PM (#10773631)
Patent trolls don't (traditionally anyway) do stuff on contingency. They buy patents, and then they monetize them.
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Re:My Own Patent Apologies (2014) by throwawaykf05 on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @02:16AM (#10776344)
I have seen the term "patent troll" being applied to law firms who take patent cases on contingency. I guess the issue here is the definition of the term "patent troll". People tend to twist it freely to mean "somebody using some patents in a way that I don't like".
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Re:My Own Patent Apologies (2014) by monochromatic on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:38PM (#10780252)
Too true. "Non-practicing entity" feels like (and is, I guess) doublespeak, but at least it would make it clearer that a law firm doesn't qualify.
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