Thinking like a patent troll

Luke wrote a "best-practices guide for successful [patent] trolling". It's an amusing read. With my respect for trolls in mind, I wanted to expand on the guide with some more points.

• Purchase patents from bankrupt companies attempting to liquidate their assets.
• Get funding from big companies that want you to sue their competitors. It helps to be the CTO of Microsoft.
• Get funding from hedge funds and other investors.
• Form thousands of shell companies and sue through them. Until a patent reform transparency law is enacted, embrace your disguise from criticism and counter-suits.
• Lobby against patent reform in the name of protecting small inventors from greedy tech companies that don't want to pay up. Argue that you are creating a secondary economy to monetize their hard work.
• Delay enforcement until the market is ripe for the picking.
• Spread Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. If victims want certainty, pay up.
• Leave the angry anti-troll people alone. They bite.