The Internet industry has put new pressure on the Senate to pass patent lawsuit reform legislation, with Internet Association President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Beckerman telling senators Monday that the “time to act is now.”
In an op-ed published in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, Beckerman commended the House of Representatives and the Obama administration for steps they’ve taken to fight abusive litigation from patent trolls. But improving the patent system will take more than the administration’s reform initiative announced in February and the legislation the House approved in December, he wrote.
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