President Obama is being pushed to sign into a law a bill passed by the United States Congress that would create six pilot programmes nationwide aimed at increasing expertise among district court judges in dealing with patents. Proponents consider the bill help against non-producing, patent owning companies that make a business of suing to defend the patents they own.
The Consumer Electronics Association released a statement saying: “The recent explosion in patent lawsuits is a serious impediment to American innovation. The costs of defending a patent lawsuit can be enormous, and so-called “patent trolls” run rampant, targeting our most successful and creative companies. The fact that many federal district court judges know little about patent law creates an especially fertile ground for frivolous litigation.”
The bill, HR 628, which also covers plant variety protection, is available here.
The reason for patents is too allow the creator to use the invention and protect it for the use of the idea. Patent Trolls are leaches to this venerable system. All they are their to do is buy up and or create patents just to wait for someone to happen to cross their paths to entrap them. They are worse than Shill Bidders aiming to make money by manipulating others. Patents without making use of the processes of the patent for business critical methods but simply for saying they own a patent and your impinging on their business process which does not exist and there fore is not monetarily hurt full to this type of patent “holder”.