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patent troll

business that cashes in on inventions of others by buying up patents before expiration date
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patent troll

Summary

patent troll is a business model[1]. It draws 519 Wikipedia views per month (business_model category, ranking #12 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • patent troll's instance of is recorded as business model[3].
  • patent is named after patent troll[4].
  • troll is named after patent troll[5].
  • patent troll is a type of litigation strategy[6].

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Definition and Type

patent troll's instance of is recorded as business model[3]. It is a type of litigation strategy[6].

Origins

Things named after include patent[4] and troll[5], an occupation[7].

Why It Matters

patent troll draws 519 Wikipedia views per month (business_model category, ranking #12 of 33).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). patent troll. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/patent-troll
MLA “patent troll.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/patent-troll.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_patent-troll_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{patent troll}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/patent-troll}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): patent troll — https://4ort.xyz/entity/patent-troll (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → business model
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/patent-troll
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007396391605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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