Computer and Communications Industry Association Patent Counsel Matt...
Computer and Communications Industry Association Patent Counsel Matt Levy criticized the Business Software Alliance and more than 100 other companies Monday for signing a letter last week to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that urged the…
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committees not to expand the covered business method (CBM) patent program originally created in the America Invents Act (http://bit.ly/1dDZ7mG). The letter warned that an expansion of the program, as has been included as a provision in several recent patent bills aimed at addressing patent assertion efforts, would “unnecessarily undermine the rights of patent holders” (CD Sept 20 p9). The companies opposed to expanding the program are “concern trolls” who are incorrect in their claims that an expansion would harm innovation, Levy said in a blog post. “Remember, if your patents are valid, then you have nothing to worry about,” he said. “The PTO won’t review a patent under CBM review unless it decides that the patent is likely invalid... The signers of this letter aren’t worried about stifling innovation. They're worried that their junky patents won’t be as easy to sell to trolls. My heart bleeds."