As representatives of a broad coalition of diverse American businesses, from Main Street retail shops to technology companies, we supported the patent reforms made by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). In the AIA, Congress created the cost-effective, efficient, and expert process called Inter Partes Review (IPR) for addressing invalid patents and the abusive patent litigation that results from them. United for Patent Reform (UFPR) advocates for a patent system that enhances patent quality, advances meaningful innovation, and protects legitimate American businesses from abusive patent litigation, and we have supported the IPR process as critical to those goals.
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