One proposal addressing patent reform that is currently pending before Congress is the SHIELD Act, which was introduced by Representatives Peter DeFazio and JasonChaffetz on August 1.
The SHIELD Act introduced yesterday in the House by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. and Rep. JasonChaffetz, R- Utah, would help protect innovators from trolls by making the plaintiff pay the legal costs when their baseless lawsuits are ultimately rejected in court.