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Nah, a patent troll is anyone who trolls with patents. That doesn't need to be the only thing they do. The classic example, SCO, had actual products which weren't related in any way to their patent suits.



No, a patent troll is a non-practicing entity (NPE). The specific reason they're dangerous is because they aren't subject to counter claims. You can't come along and redefine a word simply because you don't understand it.


The term is fairly new and as such the common definition is still changing, but Wikipedia agrees with regularfry

Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company who enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered aggressive or opportunistic with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention.*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll

(this article is referenced: Alexander Poltorak. "On 'Patent Trolls' and Injunctive Relief"., ipfrontline.com, May 12, 2006)


Odd summation. The Etymology and definition section of the same wikipedia article leans towards the non-practicing entity notion of a patent troll.

Just being a jerk with a patent dosen't make you a patent troll.


> You can't come along and redefine a word simply because you don't understand it.

Physician, heal thyself.


non-practicing in the area of the patent.




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