The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday considered the Protecting Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) From Abuse Act as part of a lengthy markup hearing that chiefly focused on escalating immigration enforcement operations in the United States.
The House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup today on the Protecting Third Party Litigation Funding From Abuse Act. Despite its reassuring title, the bill would do far more harm than good
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2026) – Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up the Protecting Third Party Litigation Funding From Abuse Act. The Inventors Defense Alliance strongly opposes this legislation because it would harm America’s small businesses, deter investment, and weaken the innovation ecosystem.
Patent rights have underpinned America’s innovation-driven prosperity since our country’s founders enshrined them in the Constitution, but they’re now at risk
On behalf of the Inventors Defense Alliance (IDA), we submit these comments regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
A day after committee passage of the “Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025”, a US senator also introduced the measure in the upper chamber.
The “Litigation Transparency Act of 2025,” which would curb the use of third-party litigation funding in U.S. lawsuits, failed to get to a vote in the House Judiciary Committee today.
The latest measure designed to tackle litigation finance is one of several different bills making their way through Congress aimed at addressing issues such as foreign influence in the third-party funding industry.
From the research awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics to a patentee-friendly shift at the US Patent and Trademark Office, innovation is having a moment. Kristen Osenga tells MLex the attention is long overdue — and that it’s time for Congress to do its part.
After the longest government shutdown in modern history, the House is finally back in session. Unfortunately, one of its first orders of business appears to be siding with Big Tech over small inventors.