The Shield Act

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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