Legal Exploitation
Business models whose core economic activity is exploiting legal structures, procedural chokepoints, or regulatory quirks to extract value rather than create it. Includes patent assertion entities (patent trolls) that acquire patents solely to extract licensing fees without commercializing; title insurance and similar businesses that profit from regulatory-enforced monopoly positions without delivering commensurate value; and companies that systematically weaponize litigation or legal process as a competitive strategy.
Excluded Companies (1 total)
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| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| ANET | ARISTA NETWORKS INC | Arista Networks paid Cisco $400 million in August 2018 to settle a four-year patent infringement dispute that included both district court litigation and ITC proceedings. Cisco filed suit in December ... |
The Naughty List
A digest of changes to our exclusion list — new additions, removals, and the evidence behind them. We review the list continuously as new evidence surfaces.