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Is it fair that patent trolls can earn substantial amounts of money by simply buying patents and suing other companies for infringement?

Tristian McCumesky

As a user of social media, I think that it is not fair that patent trolls can make a lot of money just by buying patents and suing other companies for using them.

Let me explain what a patent troll is. A patent troll is a company or a person who takes a patent, which is like a special right to make or sell something, and they don't actually use it to make or sell anything themselves. Instead, they wait for other companies to start making or selling something similar and then they sue them for infringing on the patent. This means they sue them for using something that the patent troll has the right to use.

This is not fair for a few reasons. First, patent trolls don't actually make anything. They just sit around and wait for other people to do the hard work of inventing and creating things. Then they come in and try to take money from those people. This is not good for innovation because it means that people might not want to invent things if they know that someone else can just take their idea and make money off of it without doing any work.

Second, patent trolls can sue for a lot of money. They can demand that other companies pay them huge sums of money for using something that they might not have even know was patented. This can be really bad for small businesses who might not be able to afford the legal fees and might end up having to shut down.

So, in conclusion, I think that patent trolls are not fair and they are bad for innovation and small businesses. We need to find a better way to protect people's intellectual property without letting these trolls take advantage of the system.