Oppose the Patent-Troll-Friendly Prevail Act
80 points by batch12 7 hours ago | 8 comments
  • blackeyeblitzar 6 hours ago |
    Who is making money off pushing this bill, and how?
    • shiroiushi 5 hours ago |
      Patent trolls I would guess.
    • InDubioProRubio 5 hours ago |
      Patent-trolls are anticompetitive moats- as in you like to have them around as a large organization, as they attack the small companies and competition first. Not every critter out there needs to be a controlled and pupeteered agent- its good enough, they do damage to what could damage you out of their own free will and motives.
    • rsingel 5 hours ago |
      Patent trolls and big pharma. The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs.

      As a small software company owner who fought off a patent troll who claimed to have patented the idea of showing related content to a reader, I can confidently say patent trolls are parasites that deserve everything the courts have heaped on them in the last 10 years.

      Call your senator and tell them that the patent trolls are killing innovation and to vote NO on PREVAIL

      • setopt 3 hours ago |
        > The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs.

        Sounds like they’re really against teen rebellion :)

  • yaomtc 4 hours ago |
    According to the "take action" page, it's already gone up for a vote:

    > UPDATE: The vote for PREVAIL has been set for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

    But according to Congress.gov, it was just a committee meeting: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/222...

  • pjc50 2 hours ago |
    Bill sponsor is https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088 (D)

    As for who's sponsoring him .. I spent a little while fiddling with https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&commi...

    and https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00848432&tw...

    but from the relatively small amounts of money involved I conclude that's not where the real action is.

    • D13Fd 8 minutes ago |
      Honestly Senator Coons is a good guy an acting in his constituents’ interest, and this is not based on campaign donations from corporations or patent trolls. He represents a small district home to a big pharmaceutical company, and that is also a center for patent litigation.