Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 30, 2015
Patent laws... you know, like sausages
Both the Senate and the House are working on legislation to rein in patent trolls. Don't be afraid to look at what they're putting in these bills.
Ben M. Davidson
Founder
Davidson Law Group ALC
Intellectual Property
Phone: (310) 473-2300
Email: Ben@dlgla.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Ben is a former patent examiner and represents corporations in intellectual property litigation and proceedings before the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite to call patent holding companies "patent trolls." But the public frustration with abusive patent litigation tactics boiled over last week in a Senate Judiciary Committee debate on patent reform. Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer of New York called patent trolls "tapeworms" that "keep sucking the lifeblood out of us." Schumer was speaking in support of The PATENT Act, Senate Bill 1137, short for...
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