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I wonder if it's possible to make some sort of patent troll insurance company.

There have been efforts along these lines, e.g.: RPX [0] and Allied Security Trust [1]. And the general idea is called Defensive Patent Aggregation [2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPX_Corporation

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Security_Trust

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_patent_aggregation



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