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ZeroGravitas on Oct 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taiwanese to Form Patent Bank to Defend Local Comp...

That's the whole point of trolls (or Non-practicising Entities), if they don't do anything (besides sue) then they can't be countersued on the basis of patents they infringe.

sixtofour on Oct 11, 2011 [–]

<evil>The defendant could use their patent bank to sue the troll's licensees, thereby starving the troll.</evil>

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