06/18/2014
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"I am proud to join you as a cosponsor of this legislation so that we can deter patent trolls and protect individuals and businesses from abusive patent litigation."
"Okay. Now patent trolls, as we know, seek to leverage the cost of discovery to extort settlements from defendants."
"Along with President Obama and about 4 million other Americans, I urged the FCC to defend the principle of net neutrality and to reclassify broadband providers as common carriers under Title II of the..."
"Legitimate patent litigation is necessary, but too often litigation or the threat of litigation is used as a tool to extort settlements from defendants."