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by jaimex2 2436 days ago
Someone should get patent on patent trolling and go nuts suing them all.
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You joke but I think IBM or someone similar did already get a patent on patent trolling.

    A system and methods for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, for example a patent portfolio, are described.
    By granting floating privileges described herein, a portfolio owner can extend an opportunity for obtaining an
    interest in selected assets from the portfolio to a client who lacks the resources to accumulate and maintain such
    a portfolio, in return for an annuity stream to the portfolio owner.
Their IP lawyers must have had a lot of fun writing that one.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070244837

Wow. I'd love to see it used to troll the trolls.