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Often NPEs are not considered trolls, such as universities.



Depends on who's doing the describing. Some university offices of "technology licensing" do act like patent trolls.


ARM is a good example, they don't really manufacture any hardware. They license out rights to develop and sell hardware using their base designs.

But they're a rare species...




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