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*Many people define patent trolls simply as entities that hold patents with no intent of commercializing the invention. This is incredibly broad, and includes universities, individual inventors, think tanks etc.
'''PWC 2014 Patent Litigation Study''' [https://www.pwc.com/us/en/forensic-services/publications/assets/2015-pwc-patent-litigation-study.pdf (Link to study)] *In 2014, the annual number of patent actions filed declined for the first time since 2009. Approximately 5700 cases were filed in 2014 - representing a drop of 13% [https://www *In contrast, the number of patents granted by the USPTO continued to grow steadily, increasing by 14% over 2014.pwc.com/us/en/forensic-services/publications/assets/2015-pwc-There continues to be a very high correlation (approximately 95%) between the number of patent cases filed and patent-litigation-studygranted.pdf]
