Op-Ed: This year, Congress needs to stop patent trolls
- digital233
- Mar 30, 2015
- 1 min read
American consumers and the small businesses they depend on for many daily needs are literally being robbed, every day, via loopholes in America’s patent system. A wave of unwarranted patent infringement lawsuits — even when they do not progress through the court system to a verdict — is driving up business costs and discouraging innovation and the application of new technologies for everyday use.