You can argue whatever you want, the actual common definition of a patent troll is what I described, a person/entity that did not invent, but owns or purchases or otherwise legally acquires as many patents as they can, then goes around trying to sue or legally threaten people they claim are using it… as a form of making money for themselves.
Patent trolls operate much like any other company that is protecting and aggressively exploiting a patent portfolio. However, their focus is on obtaining additional money from existing uses, not from seeking out new applications for the technology.
The fact stands that you in your original comment just broadly described basically the entire concept of patents and patent law existing… as a specific subset of activity enabled by that system.
Which you described as ‘not completely negative’.
No, it is completely negative, it is a form of parasitic wealth accumulation only available to the wealthy, and it only has negative effects for everyone other than the patent troll.
You can just make up a new colloquial meaning and sure, that’s valid in the sense that the meanings of words change overtime… but like, this is specific, technical/legal/academic term with specific meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
You can argue whatever you want, the actual common definition of a patent troll is what I described, a person/entity that did not invent, but owns or purchases or otherwise legally acquires as many patents as they can, then goes around trying to sue or legally threaten people they claim are using it… as a form of making money for themselves.
The fact stands that you in your original comment just broadly described basically the entire concept of patents and patent law existing… as a specific subset of activity enabled by that system.
Which you described as ‘not completely negative’.
No, it is completely negative, it is a form of parasitic wealth accumulation only available to the wealthy, and it only has negative effects for everyone other than the patent troll.
You can just make up a new colloquial meaning and sure, that’s valid in the sense that the meanings of words change overtime… but like, this is specific, technical/legal/academic term with specific meaning.