Difference between revisions of "The Shield Act"
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Revision as of 14:20, 2 September 2016
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H.R.845: The Shield (Saving High-Tech Innovators From Egregious Legal Disputes) Act [1]
- Introduced in 2013, but was not enacted
- Requires an unsuccessful plaintiff in an infringement suit to pay the defendant’s legal fees
- Effort to dissuade frivolous patent lawsuits
