The SHIELD Act: troll killer or innovation chiller?

March 01 2013

This week, US politicians reintroduced a bill that would force patent trolls who sue and lose to cover defendants’ legal costs. Would such a loser pays system reduce frivolous litigation, or is it treating the symptoms of the problem rather than the cause? Alli Pyrah reports

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