Enough delay. Congress is back in session. Let's finally put a stop to patent trolls.

The battle has moved from the House to the Senate, and your lawmakers need to hear your voice. Call your senators today using the Fix Patents tool (or dial 888-657-0866) and tell them to support much needed patent reform.

Instead of making anything themselves, patent trolls use overly broad patents to sue and threaten productive companies. In an attempt to dodge proposed reforms, a handful of trolls filed 184 lawsuits last Wednesday alone. Clearly, suggested bill language floating around the Senate has these bad actors shaking in their boots.

We need reform that:

• Makes sure trolls cover legal fees when they bring frivolous cases
• Brings transparency to patent ownership and to financial interest in trolls
• Forces bad actors to be upfront about the basis and scope of a patent suit
• Curbs abusive demand letters that threaten and silence small businesses
• Stops patent trolls from abusing the expensive discovery process in litigation
• Protects end users from patent litigation, like cafes that run Wi-Fi or offices that have networked scanners
• Allows us to cheaply challenge low-quality patents

Ten years ago, EFF started the Patent Busting Project to stop broad patents that limit innovation. Today, we're continuing the fight by working to bust a bad patent that's being used to go after podcasters. But fighting in courts isn't enough; Congress needs to fix the law. And to make that happen, we're asking you to pick up the phone.

The Senate needs to hear from you in order to pass strong reform, and we've made it easy for you to speak up. Call your senators today at fixpatents.org, or dial 888-657-0866.

Thanks,

Adi Kamdar
Activist
Electronic Frontier Foundation

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