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Of course the argument doesn't seem any good if you completely misunderstand it..

Let's say you're a small player with a legitimate patent. A huge entity is infringing. In order to make any money of your invention, you have to fight. But that can be very costly and risky. Instead, you sell your patent to someone specialized in this, a "patent troll". You get some money, they use their expertise to fight the big player.

Like selling someone's debt to a collector so at least you get some money.




Ok, I see, you're just saying the NPE is justified, and not the rest of the patent troll system.


I would agree with your assessment. The system sucks all around, but there is at least some value for small time patent owners.




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