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patent troll: a standalone construct

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Intellectual property law

a firm that acquires patents mainly to assert them against others rather than to make products.

In intellectual property law, patent troll refers to a firm that acquires patents mainly to assert them against others rather than to make products. This meaning comes from Cohen (2019) in Management Science.[1]

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  1. Cohen, L., Gurun, U. G., & Kominers, S. D. (2019). Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms. Management Science, 65(12), 5461-5486. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3147

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