[edouard1234567]

How about making patents non transferable? Wouldn't that solve the patent troll problem and at the same time preserve some of the rights of the inventors. The way I see the problem is that patents have become a hot commodity people just trade to make money where it should simply be a mean for inventors to benefit from their invention and creativity, meaning an incentive to innovate. Too simplistic?

[lukifer]

It would reduce the problem, and I'm in favor of it. However, patent trolls would mutate and become outsourced "patent management" companies instead, litigating on behalf of the actual patent owners in exchange for a percentage. While some creators would be principled and refuse to try to profit this way, some would not be able to resist the lure.

It also still doesn't stop patents from being invented out of thin air without actually having to build something.

I don't think patents are salvageable. It's one thing to own the rights to a specific mystery novel, and another to own the concept of "the butler did it".