Patent Troll Legislation Would Alter PTO’s Validity Challenge Proceedings
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Legislation under consideration in both U.S. congressional houses seeks to address abusive patent litigation practices. At a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the Biotechnology Industry Organization expressed support for a Senate bill’s proposed revisions, including changes to the PTO’s increasingly popular inter partes review process, while arguing against provisions in a related House measure.