non-practicing

It's not just competitors suing each other, too: so-called non-practicing entities whose sole business is licensing patents have been suing as well.

CNET News.com 2011

It's not just competitors suing each other, too: so-called non-practicing entities whose sole business is licensing patents have been suing as well.

The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Stephen Shankland 2011

They're known as non-practicing entities, or NPEs.

NPR Topics: News 2011

They're known as non-practicing entities, or NPEs.

NPR Topics: News 2011

It's not just competitors suing one other: so-called non-practicing entities whose sole business is licensing patents have been suing as well.

The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Stephen Shankland 2011

Tens of thousands of non-practicing lawyers keep their license to practice, but Michelle “voluntary surrendered” her license.

Think Progress » Palin Admits To Travelling To Canada For Health Care 2010

Tens of thousands of non-practicing lawyers keep their license to practice,

Think Progress » Palin Admits To Travelling To Canada For Health Care 2010

But many Republicans faithful to the church in Utah dismissed Huntsman as a "Jack Mormon," a derogatory term referring to a non-practicing Mormon.

Let t h e ir games b e gin 2011

Google, Apple and Microsoft could agree not to sue one another and to defend one another against lawsuits by "non-practicing entities" also known as patent trolls that buy up patents and set up shop in plaintiff-happy federal jurisdictions.

Google, Motorola and the Patent Wars L. Gordon Crovitz 2011

He found himself fleeing to the United States in 1933 to escape the rise of the Nazis, since he was of Jewish origins, although non-practicing.

Five People Born on March 14 | myFiveBest 2010