Patent Trolls: Make Them Pay

Patent trolls aren't the problem. The problem is that it's a profitable business model to have an idea, patent it, and then sit on it waiting for somebody to accidentally recreate it.

The reason this is a profitable business model is because too many obvious patents are granted. If granted patents were truly non-obvious, the likelihood of accidental infringement should be exceedingly low.

Patent trolls are merely a symptom of this issue. Hurting trolls does little to attack the wider problem.

Perhaps someone could patent the business method of patent trolling. Then sue the trolls for patent infringement.

I suppose this is wishful thinking. No doubt some patent troll company has already patented the idea of suing patent troll companies, and will sue you for infringing their patent if you try to sue them.

Personally I think it would be best to just abolish the entire patent (and copyright) system. But I know how impossibly unlikely that is.