OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 51503

patent troll

/ˈpætənt ˌtɹəʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
trol de patentes
A company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of producing, marketing, or promoting the subjects of the patents.
On one hand, the new law may intend to enhance the application of new technologies and discourage patent trolls. On the other hand, the new law attempts to further bring the Patent…
So favorable was the Federal Circuit's treatment of patents, in fact, that reinventing, nonmanufacturing speculators who would acquire one or more patents with a view toward using…
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