000042085 000__ 01756cam\a22002535i\4500 000042085 001__ 42085 000042085 003__ SzGeWIPO 000042085 005__ 20240708145859.0 000042085 008__ 200625s2011\\\\sz\\\\\\r\\\\\000\0\eng\d 000042085 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda 000042085 041__ $$aeng 000042085 1001_ $$aRisch, Michael 000042085 24503 $$aPatent Troll Myths 000042085 264_1 $$a[South Orange, New Jersey] :$$bSeton Hall University,$$c2011. 000042085 300__ $$a44 pages 000042085 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000042085 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000042085 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000042085 520__ $$aIt turns out that just about everything we thought about patent trolls – good or bad – is wrong. Using newly gathered data, this article presents an ethnography of sorts about highly litigious non-practicing entity (NPE) plaintiffs. The results are surprising: they show that the conventional wisdom about patent trolls is likely based on anecdotal, but infrequently occurring, events. Instead, the patents enforced by so-called trolls – and the companies that obtained them – look a lot like other litigated patents and their owners. To be sure, whether an NPE qualifies as a troll depends on who is doing the name-calling. Regardless of definition, though, commentators on all sides have used little evidence to support their positions. The reason is simple: there has been little research about the patents litigated by NPEs and even less about the source of those patents. Understanding NPEs is critically important to better understanding the role of patents in society and in entrepreneurial businesses. The debate cannot be resolved without further study of the companies whose patents are now litigated by NPEs. This study is the first step in that direction. 000042085 525__ $$aPublished in : Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 457, 2012 000042085 650__ $$aPatent 000042085 650_0 $$aTroll 000042085 650_0 $$aNon-practicing entities 000042085 650_0 $$aLitigation 000042085 85641 $$uhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1792442$$yView this resource 000042085 904__ $$aJournal article 000042085 980__ $$aBIB