State Laws Can Help Defendants In Patent Troll Cases

Law360, New York (March 4, 2015, 8:48 AM EST) -- Congress and several states have been exploring how legislation might help reduce the burdens of abusive patent assertions. Since patent laws and patent litigation are exclusively within the federal sphere, any changes in pleading, discovery and most remedies for abusive patent litigation will have to come from those courts or — if necessary — legislation by Congress like H.R. 9, which was recently introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va....

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