I guess "troll" as a verb is pretty common usage now.
As a "noun" -- no. The polite term is "Non-Practicing Entity" (not that I want to be polite) but it shows that we still need to distinguish between companies that, at least once, practiced the patent; and shell companies which have never done anything but sue.
As a "noun" -- no. The polite term is "Non-Practicing Entity" (not that I want to be polite) but it shows that we still need to distinguish between companies that, at least once, practiced the patent; and shell companies which have never done anything but sue.