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.
