Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to manufacture or market the product. A related, less pejorative expression is non-practicing entity (NPE) which describes a patent owner who does not manufacture or use the patented invention.[1]
And, all too often, a “patent troll” isn’t the inventor in the first place, but a company that buys up patents (either directly, or by acquiring the assets of failed companies) for the sole purpose of filing infringement lawsuits.
I.e., patent trolls are to patents what Righthaven was to copyrights.
So, the Dems are seeking to help companies steal someone else’s intellectual property with no repercussions?.........