TY - JOUR T1 - Defending the Patent Troll JF - The Journal of Private Equity SP - 60 LP - 63 DO - 10.3905/jpe.2007.694790 VL - 10 IS - 4 AU - Steven Rubin Y1 - 2007/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/10/4/60.abstract N2 - So-called “patent trolls” have garnered considerable negative press in recent months. Yet the definition of this term is so vague as to render any pejorative attachment essentially meaningless, and the principles and tenets of U.S. patent law make the label nonsensical. Finally, as intellectual property attorney Steve Rubin explains, those entities most commonly thought of as trolls actually contribute much to the state of innovation in this country.TOPICS: Private equity, legal/regulatory/public policy, performance measurement ER -