Patent Troll Bill Officially Stalled in Senate

'It got nibbled to death by a flock of ducks'

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 off the agenda.

For the past two months, Leahy and ranking member Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) have been trying to hammer out a compromise bill, but ran into some problems when some Democratic members were pressured by pharmaceutical companies and trial lawyers over controversial provisions like fee shifting.

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