Stand up to patent trolls
Daniel L Jaffe
The momentum is on our side to nip this challenge in the bud.
At a time when Washington, D.C., appears to be broken and policymakers cannot agree on anything, one issue seems to be gaining both momentum and bipartisan support — combating the growing business of patent trolling and the serious impact it has on companies both large and small.
Patent trolls (also known as patent-assertion entities or PAEs) are firms that purchase broad patents created by others solely for the purpose of suing, or threatening to sue, legitimate companies that use...