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Ted Frank on Patent Reform

By Troll Tracker

Ted Frank is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and Director of the AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest, and a blogger-contributor to Overlawyered ("Chronicling the high cost of our legal system"). Frank authored an interesting paper, published yesterday, titled "There Is a Role for Congress in Patent Reform." In it he concludes:

Barfield and Calfee?s Biotechnology and the Patent System is correct about the importance of the patent system to American innovation. But patent litigation is broken, and Congress is every bit as qualified as--and often more qualified than--the courts to fix it. Patent reforms are possible that discourage patent trolls while protecting the rights of both legitimate patent-holders and defendants and satisfying the "do no harm"[46] principle of Barfield and Calfee.

To read Frank's entire report, click here. To read the other side of the story, about why patent reform is evil and will bankrupt our economy, click on the "Patent Prospector" link on the right.

Full post as published by Patent Troll Tracker on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).