The digital entertainment and tech industries have long since been victims of patent trolling. Whole companies managed to stay afloat not through providing a desirable service or product, but through highly aggressive patent trolling. In the digital age, it's a bit easier to patent troll, given that there are now a whole new realm of products and services to attack. Patent trolling doesn't help anyone other than the trolls, and that's why the Obama administration has a new plan to put it to rest.