Intellectual Property
Jun. 17, 2014
The piecemeal approach to patent reform
The next wave of patent reform is coming from the courts, not the Congress. By David S. Bloch
In July 2011, the National Public Radio program "This American Life" aired "When Patents Attack!" - an hour-long treatment of patent trolls. The report was by no means the first or most important, but it serves as a useful indicator that the concept has gone mainstream. And if NPR spends an hour broadcasting complaints about the troll business model, legislation addressing that business model is a safe bet.
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