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Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (view source)
Revision as of 18:45, 26 February 2016
, 18:45, 26 February 2016→Dissenting
*A reply to the letter written by 51 scholars in support of restricting patent litigation states that studies claiming large problems with patent litigation misconstrue the issues. Adam Mossoff is one of the co-authors for the reply letter. [http://patentlyo.com/patent/2015/03/professor-patent-reform.html]
*The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has stated that TROL act does not do enough in regard to patent reform for reasons listed below:
##TROL Act provides FTC power it already has to pursue patent trolls
##TROL Act would strike down state laws on patent reform
==Similar Legislation==
Several states have passed legislation combating "patent trolls" by specifically targeting demand letters written in bad faith. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/05/22/vermont-enacts-the-nations-first-anti-patent-trolling-law/#66a17f406dfe Vermont] became the first state to pass a bad faith demand letter bill. State legislators of [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/nebraska-ag-seeks-to-shut-down-vague-patent-demand-letters/ Nebraska], [http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510517105-oregon-lawmaker-lauds-passing-of-patent-troll-bill-says-it-will-give-ag-more-tools Oregon], and [http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510517035-kentucky-introduces-its-own-bill-to-combat-patent-trolls Kentucky] have introduced similar pieces of legislation.
