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===Fees and Other Expenses===
In order to avoid frivolous lawsuits and adequately sanction patent trolls for pointless or unfounded claims,<ref name="innovationactprovisions" /> the Innovation Act proposes the "English Rule" be adopted by patent litigation in America. <ref name="patentlyoIA" />
"Requires courts to award prevailing parties reasonable fees and other expenses incurred in connection with such actions, unless:
(1) the position and conduct of the nonprevailing party was reasonably justified in law and fact; or
