Patent Troll Bill Officially Stalled in Senate
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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 [...]
FTC to Congress: Don’t Wait for Us to Pass Patent Troll Legislation
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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 panel on patent litigation [...]
Bipartisan Patent Troll Bill Easily Passes House
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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.) [...]
House Committee Votes to Advance Bill Aimed at Patent Trolls
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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 [...]
Senate Bill to Curb Patent Troll Abuses Introduced
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Don’t look now, but Congress may be about to agree on a policy matter.
Senate Panel Takes on Patent Troll Demand Letters
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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.