Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Polis. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Polis-Chaffetz-Marino-Connolly amendment. Trolls assert a claim in a letter with little or no specificity, and often it isn't clear who owns the patent being asserted or how the patent was even infringed. It is time the entity sending out these mass mailers does their due diligence, just as we expect in just about every other area of the law. This amendment requires the entity sending the letter to include the person who holds the rights to the patent in order to later raise a claim that the opposing party received an adequate letter putting them on notice of their infringement. Patent trolls have been playing a shell game and hiding who is actually holding the rights to the patent and often who is supplying the money to the litigation. I fully support this amendment. This amendment will shine some much- needed light on this dark practice.”