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To suggest that these people couldn't be fired or do something more severe is simply unacceptable.
H.R. 9 has a provision which requires, you are not entitled to enhanced damages unless you identify the patent.
Perhaps that in combination with staying discovery pending a court's ruling on a motion to transfer would incentivize an early and prompt ruling.
I think addressing the issue of abusive litigation is critically important to big businesses and small businesses.
If universities are not controlling, directing the litigation, they, too, should be protected just as private, a passive investor should be protected.
But the bottom line is our judges work very, very hard to work on each and every single case.
I think that is an idea that is worthy of consideration. And there is a lot of merit to it for a couple of reasons.
If we can make these improvements and we can achieve them and we can achieve the necessary changes in legislation and beyond, to the extent that everyone has greater confidence in the patent system, that will benefit universities, that…
We certainly need to do all that we can to continue to ensure that our universities are an engine of innovation.
We are generally supportive of the goal. And many of the issues here, in one form or another, we believe are necessary to ensure meaningful and balanced reforms necessary to continue to incentivize innovation in the United States.
The attorney's fees shifting provision should apply equally to plaintiff and defendant.
I think the system would benefit by consistency across all Federal districts.
I think patent litigation abuse can occur in a variety of industries.
I think we have got one of the best intellectual property systems in the world.