I think it makes good sense.

I am a huge fan of the satellite offices.

To suggest that these people couldn't be fired or do something more severe is simply unacceptable.

I don't buy it. The American public doesn't buy it.

This administration, this DEA Administrator, has got to hold those people accountable and get them out of there.

the USPTO is working hard to make sure that the proceedings, the AIA post-grant review proceedings are as efficient and fair as possible.

I think there's a lot of sense to that proposal, and I think certainly many district courts across the country are very capable of doing that.

So I think, Chairman Issa, you hit exactly the point which is that in the IPR proceedings, you have two sides to a proceeding.

I think we know many more things now than we did when some of the patents that are at subject or issue in the CBM proceedings were issued.

I think patent litigation abuse can occur in a variety of industries.

I think the system would benefit by consistency across all Federal districts.

The attorney's fees shifting provision should apply equally to plaintiff and defendant.

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.

We certainly need to do all that we can to continue to ensure that our universities are an engine of innovation.

But the bottom line is our judges work very, very hard to work on each and every single case.

I think addressing the issue of abusive litigation is critically important to big businesses and small businesses.

I couldn't agree with you more.

I believe it is a states' rights bill.