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UFPR to Congress: Ensure PTO Prioritizes Patent Quality by Maintaining a Balanced and Effective IPR
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Fighting Abusive Patent Litigation
Inter Partes Review: A Critical Program that Must Be Protected
Supreme Court Ruling in Alice: Protecting American Businesses from Invalid Patents
"Startups and Patent Trolls" (Colleen V. Chien, Santa Clara University School of Law)
"To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy. October 2003." (A report by the Federal Trade Commission)
“The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes” (James Bessen & Michael J. Meurer, Boston University)
"The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition, March 2011." (A report by the Federal Trade Commission)
"The Patent Litigation Explosion" (Michael J. Meurer & James Bessen, Boston University)
"Letter to Congress" (James Bessen, Boston University School of Law, et al.)
Law and economic professors oppose weakening IPR
Letter from 140 Startup Investors Call on Congress to Pass Broad Patent Reform
Letter from 12 Free-Market Groups Supporting House Patent Reform Legislation
Letter from 51 Economics and Legal Scholars Support Patent Reform
Letter from 42 State Attorneys General
Letter from nearly 400 companies and organizations
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