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Articles From Phil Swain

Taming the trolls By Phil Swain Intellectual Property, January 2019 The introduction of the America Invents Act in 2011 has made it easier to combat patent trolls, as it introduced a procedure for challenging patents at the USPTO. That has done more to slow the trolls down than these state statutes. Massachusetts has enacted anti-patent troll legislation, as have 34 other states.

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