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Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act
In the USA, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act (SHIELD) is a legislative proposal to make patent litigants pay the legal fees of their victims if the judge decides that the litigation was clearly without merit.
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External links
- The proposal text (4 pages)
- Bill would force patent trolls to pay defendants' legal bills, 2 Aug 2012, Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee)