Forgive me for asking a stupid question but why would someone from the LOT network sell a patent to a troll and why wouldn't companies that make money from selling to a troll join the LOT network?
"Under the LOT Agreement, every company that participates grants a portfolio-wide license to the other participants, but the license becomes effective ONLY when the participant transfers one or more patents <i></i>to an entity other than another LOT Network participant<i></i>, and ONLY for the patent(s) actually transferred."<p>Doesn't this mean that if every company were to join the network that we would just end up back at square one with tons of money being pumped into this organization?
Ultimately useless because Trolls are now writing their own trivial patents. In addition to this, tons of solo practitioner attorneys are out there writing patents on their own hoping to sell some broad bullshit patent to a troll.<p>Still, this is a good effort in that it gets people thinking about the problem. That's the first step before real reform.