Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act Introduced

On March 22, 2016 Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX) introduced the Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act to protect American companies from abusive litigation from patent trolls, companies that do no make or sell any products but purchase patents and then sue American employers for products that are already on the market. See a press release from Representative Cardenas that explains and links to the bill. If you'd like to follow the bill's progress through Congress, access H.R. 4829 - Trade Protection Not Troll Protection on Congress.gov and use the Get alerts button.