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patent troll

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  1. patent trollnoun

    A person, company, etc. that holds and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of marketing or promoting the subject of the patent.

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  1. Patent troll

    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 which describes a patent owner who does not manufacture or use the patented invention.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of patent troll in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of patent troll in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of patent troll in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive John Chen:

    If you go too far and become too aggressive, you become a (patent) troll, if you want to go about monetizing your patents in a non-aggressive, legal way then it takes time, and in a turnaround time is one of the key commodities you don't have, so balancing those two is very difficult.

  2. Robert Stoll:

    Assuring better quality patents will help blunt the patent troll problem.

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