I concur with tptacek's (and your) comments on this one.

Trolls are pros at one thing and one thing only, and that is working the litigation system (well, maybe also at "monetizing" IP in negotiating forced licenses under threat of lawsuit). To go against them in this way is like sending amateurs out to do a job for which they are highly likely to be overmatched. I thought this piece was thought-provoking and that is why I posted it - but, I am skeptical about an approach like this working, at least when the players are small, independent businesses who have nothing in common with one another besides a desire to resist the threats of the troll. Too much financial pressure, too much risk, too many uncertainties to keep people with disparate interests banded together over a long haul.