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SHIELD Act

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  1. The Brand Protection Blog

    UPDATE | Reps Propose “Loser Pays” for Long-Shot Patent Suits

    By Andrew Liddell (US)

    On August 23, we reported on the recently proposed SHIELD Act which targets patent assertion entities (PAEs) by permitting courts to award attorney fees in some cases involving “computer patents.”…

  2. The Brand Protection Blog

    Reps propose “loser pays” for long-shot patent suits

    By Andrew Liddell (US), Saul Perloff (US)

    Congressmen Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) have introduced the SHIELD Act (Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes, H.R. 6245) to combat the perceived threat of non-practicing entities…