By Adi Robertson and Kwame Opam
Congress is one step closer to cracking down on patent assertion entities, better known as "patent trolls." In a hearing today, the Senate Commerce Committee grilled witnesses on both sides of the debate, attempting to clear up questions before voting on a companion bill to Representative Bob Goodlatte's (R-VA) Innovation Act. Goodlatte's bill would require more specific claims in the demand letters that patent holders send, making them list the products and patents in question; it would also require a court to take steps forward in the case before ordering the defendants to start a potentially long and expensive discovery process. If a patent holder is suing the manufacturer of a product, they can't...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/7/5077274/congress-prepares-for-anti-patent-troll-vote-with-senate-hearing
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