[robertlagrant]

Seems like if you've only come up with patent trolls, then "plenty of companies" doesn't apply. Patent trolls weaponise the legal system against other companies. They exist because the government can't make a good enough patent system.

They don't seem to be significant enough to the overall general statement that companies exist to serve their customers with goods and/or services.

[capableweb]

> Seems like if you've only come up with patent trolls

I'm not sure how valuable it is to argue with someone who cannot read two messages up in the message hierarchy...

[robertlagrant]

> I'm not sure how valuable it is to argue with someone who cannot read two messages up in the message hierarchy...

Do you mean the one you mentioned 4 messages up? And dropped with this?

> Ok, lets hear you argue for what service a patent troll provides.

Sure - the one you dropped was domain flipping. Clearly buying something at a certain price and then selling it again is not nothing - that's why people pay for it. Just like house flipping. Or just buying anything speculatively. I assume you realised that, and dropped it for that reason.

[ianceicys]

Look at the corporate raiders of the 1980s. Firing people, loading up a company with debt. And taking them bankrupt makes a ton of money for private equity. No product required, immensely profitable!