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University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology, & Policy

Practical Pieces & Perspectives

October 2012

Practical Pieces & Perspectives

October 17, 2012
Piercing the SHIELD Act
Jessica Lanford

On August 1, 2012, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Or.) introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to protect American start-ups from the destructive costs of frivolous lawsuits brought by patent trolls.[1] Backed by the software and computer hardware companies that it seeks to protect, the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act (SHIELD) effectively forces Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) to pay defendants’ legal costs.

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