02082nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245011900055210006900174260004200243300000900285490000600294520119500300653001901495653002901514653002701543653002001570653002601590653002601616653000801642653001101650653001901661653002501680653001701705653001701722100001701739856003601756       2015                        eng d  a1927-032100aDisrupting the Disrupter: Strategic Countermeasures to Attack the Business Model of a Coercive Patent-Holding Firm0 aDisrupting the Disrupter Strategic Countermeasures to Attack the  aOttawabTalent First Networkc05/2015  a5-160 v53 aA coercive patent-holding firm operates a business model that strategically targets firms to force unforeseen patent licensing rents. Coercive patent holders use aggressive litigation tactics to instantaneously create a complicated asymmetrical expensive problem with significant business risk. The strategy creates a dominant position by leveraging legal and business pressure to force the targeted firm into an involuntarily engagement with a coercive patent-holding firm. Such engagements can be quite profitable for the patent holders – and quite devastating for targeted firms. Thus, this article attempts to synthesize a business model framework that reveals insights concerning the profit formula, key resources, and key processes that support the dominant position of coercive patent-holding firms. Based on this framework, we further synthesize countermeasures to disrupt these business model elements and diminish the dominant position. The insights and countermeasures reveal strategic options and tactics that can be leveraged against the business model of a coercive patent-holding firm to alter the dominant position and improve the business situation of the targeted firm. 10abusiness model10abusiness model framework10acoercive patent holder10acountermeasures10aintellectual property10anon-practicing entity10aNPE10apatent10apatent arsenal10apatent office policy10apatent shark10apatent troll1 aSmith, Derek  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/894