‘Alarmist reaction’ could gut US patent system, academics warn
A group of US academics has expressed concerns that an “alarmist reaction” to the alleged impact that non-practising-entities (NPEs) have had on US businesses threatens to “gut” the country’s patent system.
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4 March 2015 A group of more than 50 US academics from institutions such as Harvard, Berkeley and Stanford have written to members of Congress to stress that litigation from non-practising entities is harming small and start-up companies.