What Is Really Needed In Patent Reform

Law360, New York (April 7, 2014, 6:31 PM EDT) -- The push for patent reform litigation is based on the unfounded premise that there has been a significant increase in patent cases filed by patent assertion entities. Published results of research conducted by three law professors established that the perceived increase in the number of patent infringement cases is due entirely to the enactment of Section 299, which required that unrelated defendants be sued separately.[1] The same point was made forcefully in a Senate Committee meeting on April 3. The Government Accounting Office found that PAEs likely filed only 24 percent of patent cases in 2011....

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