Jason Chaffetz: “We do this in a very bipartisan way. I appreciate Mr. Polis; Mr. Connolly; my colleague, Mr. Marino; and Chairman…”

“We do this in a very bipartisan way. I appreciate Mr. Polis; Mr. Connolly; my colleague, Mr. Marino; and Chairman Goodlatte. This is simple. If you want to help the little guy, if you want to help protect the integrity of the system, you should be for transparency in the legal system. This amendment simply builds upon something that is already in the bill by mandating that claimants seeking to bring willful infringement claims identify the ultimate parent entity in the demand letters they send to their targets. It is about openness. It is about transparency. You should be able to face your accuser in the courts; and that is all that this does is make sure that we strengthen the openness and transparency of the system. We think that will improve the system. We do it in a very bipartisan way. That is going to help everybody in this process, especially the little guy.”