Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent

I saw this on Slashdot and thought even if it's not true, it's something worth noting: An anonymous reader writes, "Halliburton...has apparently taken an interest in methods of patent trolling. In fact, according to Techdirt, the company has applied for a patent on patent trolling. Specifically, it's applied for a patent on the process of finding a company that protected an invention via trade secret, figuring out what that secret is, patenting it ... and then suing the original company. Hopefully, the patent office rejects this patent, because I somehow doubt that Halliburton is trying to get the patent as a way to block others from patent trolling."