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The most beneficial aspect of reacting this way is probably from letting others being victimized by the troll know that they are not alone. I am sure these trolls are careful to only bite off what they think they can chew, but if their targets begin banding together they may find themselves choking.

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My thought is that one of the best paths to patent reform is that all patent infringement claims must be publicly submitted, even prior to legal filings. In other words, you can't send me a letter claiming I've infringed. You have to submit it to a government office, who will then forward the claim on to the alleged infringer. This would allow for A) gathering data on actual infringement claims. B) verification of claims. C) collectivization of resources of targeted parties.

This is the best solution I have heard yet! I wish this would get implemented.

For now, a public wiki like system to which anyone could submit claims made against them for patent infringements in order to find others in the same situation, in order to join forces, would be great.

See http://www.trollingeffects.org, a project of the EFF.

There's also http://patents.stackexchange.com, which allows users to request and submit examples of prior art.

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