Heads Up, Patent Trolls: Omnibus Reform Bill Is Moving
An omnibus bill addressing patent troll abuses is likely to be introduced next week, before the August congressional recess. That was the message delivered Thursday to a coalition of lobbyists in a...
View ArticleGAO Report on Patent Lawsuits Could Help Reform Efforts
A new report from the Government Accountability Office on patent infringement lawsuits could give lawmakers the firepower they need to move reform legislation aimed at curbing abusive patent troll...
View ArticleAd Campaign Asks Consumers to Tell Congress to Stop Patent Trolls
Congress may be out of town, but that doesn't mean it can hide from Beltway lobbyists. Giving lawmakers a little nudge to make sure they keep their promise to take up patent reform legislation...
View ArticleBill to Curb Patent Troll Abuses Taking Shape
Even as Congress battles over funding the government, new legislation to curb abusive patent troll practices is beginning to take shape. Members of the Big Tent Coalition representing a diverse of...
View ArticleLong-Awaited Bill to Curb Patent Troll Abuses Introduced
The much-anticipated bill to curb patent troll abuses is officially moving and moving fast—even after being sidelined by the government shutdown. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the judiciary...
View ArticleSenate Panel Takes on Patent Troll Demand Letters
The Senate's commerce committee jumped into the fight against patent trolls, holding a hearing on demand letters, the most reviled tactic used by patent assertion entities to extract license fees....
View ArticleSenate Bill to Curb Patent Troll Abuses Introduced
Don’t look now, but Congress may be about to agree on a policy matter. Just hours after House judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) set Wednesday for a markup of his bill to curb patent troll...
View ArticleHouse Committee Votes to Advance Bill Aimed at Patent Trolls
After a marathon markup session that lasted into the evening, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill targeting abusive patent troll practices. In a bipartisan 33-5 vote, the Innovation Act will...
View ArticleBipartisan Patent Troll Bill Easily Passes House
A legislative solution to combat abusive patent troll tactics is well on its way to becoming law with House passage of the Innovation Act today. Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) bill,...
View ArticleFTC to Congress: Don't Wait for Us to Pass Patent Troll Legislation
Congress shouldn’t wait for a pending Federal Trade Commission investigation into patent troll practices before passing legislation, commissioner Julie Brill said today during an International CES...
View ArticleObama Promotes Patent Reform in State of the Union
If you blinked, you might have missed President Obama's flyby support in his State of the Union for legislation to stop abusive patent troll practices. It amounted to one sentence early in the...
View ArticleWhite House Pushes Forward on Combatting Patent Trolls
Following up on the President's pledge to combat patent trolls, the White House plans to announce Thursday afternoon additional executive actions and call on Congress "to finish the job." Details of...
View ArticleSenate Bill Targeting Patent Trolls on Fast Track
While patent reform advocates wait for the Senate Judiciary Committee to move a comprehensive bill to crack down on patent trolls, another bill providing some limited relief is moving fast in the...
View ArticleSenate Patent Troll Bill Gets Delayed in Committee
The Senate's version of a bill to curb patent troll abuses suffered a slight setback Thursday when Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the judiciary committee, was forced to push back...
View ArticlePatent Troll Bill Officially Stalled in Senate
High hopes for a new law aimed at curbing patent troll abuses were all but dashed today when Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the judiciary committee, said he was taking a patent reform bill...
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