Current and former senior members of the executive and judicial branches on Tuesday were skeptical about the need for sweeping patent lawsuit reform legislation, saying the courts and the Federal Trade Commission may already have the tools to fight patent trolls.
Speaking at “Patent Reform: Innovation or Litigation,” a discussion hosted by Bloomberg Government in Washington, D.C., former Chief Judge Paul Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director David Kappos and sitting FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen said Congress must take a close look at what the courts and the FTC already can do to stop abusive litigation practices. A careful and unhurried analysis of existing powers and efforts targeted at patent trolls would benefit Congress as it works on legislation, they said.
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