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"This means that if they lose big, they'll simply declare bankruptcy and move on."

I may not know exactly how patent trolls work, so apologies if this is a dumb question; If they declare bankruptcy, won't they have to then sell the patent(s) that they own (their assets)? Is there a way patent trolls can get around having to do this if they lose?




Losing the suit would provide evidence to potential acquirers that the patents are worthless.


Those that were used in the lawsuit, yes, but they'd probably have other patents as well, and there would be no reason to consider them worthless.


Most patent trolls such as Intellectual Ventures set up a shell company for each lawsuit, essentially (or group of lawsuits if they're targetting multiple companies) so they only really have the patents used in the case they'd be losing to sell.




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