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by monochromatic 5232 days ago
Defensive patent aggregation is about the ability to cross-license. If a troll isn't making anything, they don't need to license your patents.

Now, your own patent could in some circumstances be used as prior art against the patent troll... but if that's all you're using it for, why not just publish everything you're doing? Publications are prior art just as much as patents are.