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Oppose the Patent-Troll-Friendly Prevail Act
Good news: the Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped one of the two terrible patent bills it was considering, the patent-troll-enabling Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA).Bad news: the committee is still pushing the PREVAIL Act, a bill that would hamstring the U.S.’s most effective system...
One bill, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) would bring back some of the worst software... At EFF, we believe that all the rights we have in the offline world–to speak freely, create culture, play games, build things and do business–must hold up in the digital world, as well. The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will debate a bill this week that would dramatically limit the public’s right to challenge bad granted patents.
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