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Intellectual Property

Nov. 18, 2014

Fee shifting at heart of GOP-led patent bill

Lawmakers, lobbyists and lawyers are preparing for another round of loaded debates over whether Congress should act to reform patent litigation after this year's failed attempt.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lawmakers, lobbyists and lawyers are preparing for another round of loaded debates over whether Congress should act to reform patent litigation, after Republicans swept both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in this month's midterm elections.


Key Republican lawmakers have said that they are focused on passing a law aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits and discouraging nonpracticing enti...

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