{"id":2224,"date":"2013-03-14T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T16:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lotempiolaw.default.wp1.lexblog.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2019-11-26T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T17:28:06","slug":"lxbn-tv-interview-shield-act-to-kill-patent-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lotempiolaw.com\/2013\/03\/interviews\/lxbn-tv-interview-shield-act-to-kill-patent-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"LXBN TV interview: Shield Act To Kill Patent Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VHtUGMOo40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colinokeefe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin O’Keefe<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheLexBlogNetwork?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LXBN TV<\/a>\u00a0about the push in Congress and the\u00a0Senate by bipartisan representatives to punish patent trolls.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2225 size-full\" title=\"colinokeefe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lotempiolaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/colinokeefe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lotempiolaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/colinokeefe.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lotempiolaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/colinokeefe-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"\">Peter DeFazio (D-OR)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)\u00a0announced the proposed legislation named the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotempiolaw.com\/-2013\/03\/articles\/patents\/shield-act-introduced-to-punish-losing-patent-trolls\/\">Shield Act<\/a>, which would make the \u201cpatent troll\u201d that brings a patent infringement lawsuit liable for both sides\u2019 legal fees should they lose.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield Act is an acronym for:<strong>Saving High-tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that many people are jumping on the \u201cwe hate the patent trolls” bandwagon and there\u2019s even a \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/homepage-feature\/stop-patent-trolls-support-shield-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shieldact<\/a> website trying to get the\u00a0American\u00a0people to pressure their representatives to push this into law.<\/p>\n<p>In fact the Shield Act web site offers many different opportunities to spread awareness to support the bill.<\/p>\n<p>This checklist is posted on the website<\/p>\n<p>Here are three simple ways you can help:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Email your contacts the link to this page on EMPact America\u2019s web site:\u00a0https:\/\/www.empactamerica.org\/popvox.php<\/li>\n<li>Email your contacts this link, which sends them directly to the page for H.R. 668 on the Pop Vox web site:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popvox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.popvox.com\/bills\/us\/112\/hr668<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Add a small button \/ badge to your web site, using this code:\u00a0<script src=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.popvox.com\/widgets\/js\/bill.js?bill=112\/hr668&title=1\u2033><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I tried to post that widget on this website but it just wouldn\u2019t go in nicely. First it deleted everything underneath it when I put in the middle of the post. And then I attempted to put it on the bottom of the page and it wouldn\u2019t take.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VHtUGMOo40\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In any event, the biggest question I have is “if this act were to be made a law would the courts follow it and make the losing patent troll pay all attorneys costs?” I would like to see the first case follow the law.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I was\u00a0interviewed\u00a0by\u00a0Colin O’Keefe\u00a0of\u00a0LXBN TV\u00a0about the push in Congress and the\u00a0Senate by bipartisan representatives to punish patent trolls. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)\u00a0and\u00a0Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)\u00a0announced the proposed legislation named the\u00a0Shield Act, which would make the \u201cpatent troll\u201d that brings a patent infringement lawsuit liable for both sides\u2019 legal fees should they lose. 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