Definition[]
Intellectual property trolling is "maintaining a business model centered more on litigation than on creating works that advance science and the useful arts."[1]
Overview[]
"While the systemic increase of intellectual property trolling has been acknowledged by courts, scholars, and the media, that does not mean that the legal standards governing any particular case change because plaintiff is accused of trolling. To the extent defendant argues for a heightened pleading standard because it claims that the plaintiffs are trolling, the Seventh Circuit expressly rejected a heightened pleading standard for copyright infringement claims. . . . The court therefore tests plaintiff's complaint against the same standards as it would any complaint and makes no finding on defendant's accusations of intellectual property trolling."[2] (citations omitted).