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I'm surprised this logic still works. You'd think settling with a troll would put you on the short list for other trolls as an easy mark. The approval system for patents is so broken now, I'd practically expect multiple overlapping grants covering the same "feature" to exist.

You can settle with one troll and still keep your business, but not a non-stop stream of them. At least when the mafia extorted you for "protection" they wouldn't let anyone else muscle in on their turf.