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White House Announces Executive Actions Designed to Combat Patent Trolls
February 25, 2014 /
SUMMARY. Last week, the White House announced new executive actions characterized as initiatives "to combat patent trolls and further strengthen our patent system and foster innovation." This marks a continuation of the White House’s efforts to protect innovators following passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011. While the executive actions may result in an increasing amount of user-friendly behavior by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it remains to be seen if the executive actions will have any effect on patent assertion entity (PAE) activity.
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