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everybodyknows on Oct 13, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Agg...

Indeed. Patent lawyers use "troll" as a synonym for "NPE" -- Non-Practicing Entity:

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/guest-editorial-throwin...

An NPE by definition produces nothing but patent enforcement actions.

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