On his blog, (assuming he is who he claims to be - not confirmed!) he writes a nice to read story about how patents fit into the modern world IT corporation's strategy. You collect patents for defensive purposes so you can counter claims of a corporation with your own expensive claims. The only problem is that this doesn't work for patent trolls, because those corporations usually don't actually sell anything themselves.
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