Patent Troll Debate

Comments primarily debate whether a specific company or entity qualifies as a patent troll, discussing definitions, examples, strategies against trolls, and defenses against the label.

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mort96 Dec 19, 2023 View on HN

They seem close enough to a patent troll to me.

zoobab Oct 7, 2025 View on HN

They are a patent troll for a long time.

Maybe the patent trolls got played?

Zirro Jan 14, 2012 View on HN

They are not patent trolls. See: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Patent_troll

mouse_ Jan 19, 2025 View on HN

Doesn't the existence of patent trolls invalidate this?

larrydavid Dec 10, 2012 View on HN

'Patent troll' doesn't mean what you think it means.

ibic Oct 13, 2017 View on HN

Risking heated debates, but I'm still going to say: isn't this patent troll at its finest?

DanBC Aug 5, 2014 View on HN

You're not helping him; you're sticking it to a patent troll.

new_test Jan 8, 2014 View on HN

This isn't any different than being a patent troll.

fredBuddemeyer Oct 7, 2011 View on HN

hmmm how bout we patent the act of patent trolling and then sue the trolls for infringement.