Two years in the making, Defend Innovation is a whitepaper by Electronic Frontier Foundation attorneys, setting out a program for fixing America’s horribly busted patent system.
In the second part of the report, EFF prescribes six legislative reforms that would begin to fix the patent system. These include:
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Ensuring there are inexpensive and efficient tools for challenging the validity of issued patents*
Passing a comprehensive patent reform bill, such as the Innovation Act*
Ending the Federal Circuit’s exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases*
Passing legislation to discourage bad actors from sending frivolous demand lettersIn addition, EFF is calling on private companies to adopt alternative patent licensing schemes that can help prevent patent abuse.
EFF Outlines Plan to Fix the Broken Patent System