The Senate Commerce Committee plans a hearing Thursday...
The Senate Commerce Committee plans a hearing Thursday on the impact that demand letters sent by patent assertion entities have on small businesses, consumers and innovators, the committee said. The hearing will also examine “whether legislation is needed to provide…
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increased protection for these individuals and groups,” the committee said. PAEs “can send upward of hundreds -- or even thousands -- of letters to small businesses with threats of litigation” in the hope that some businesses will pay a licensing fee to avoid litigation, the committee said. The hearing is at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell (http://1.usa.gov/HsYDF4).