The Tillis Tax is a Gift to Big Tech
Congress is advancing a bill that would make it far harder for American inventors to protect their ideas from corporate infringement — and Big Tech couldn’t be happier.
Issa’s Latest Litigation Funding Bill Debated in House Judiciary Without Reaching Vote
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.
A Misguided Litigation Funding Bill Would Punish Inventors and Protect Infringement
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
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Inventors Warn New Litigation Funding Bill Could Undermine U.S. Innovation and Small Businesses
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.
These Nobel-Prize-winning economists have a timely lesson for Congress
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
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IDA Comments on USPTO’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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).
US House Judiciary Committee OK’s foreign litigation funding disclosure bill
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.
Third-Party Litigation Funding Bill Faces House Hurdle
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.
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Advances Litigation Funding Reform Bill
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.
Kristen Osenga on patent optimism and legislative inaction
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.