NAR thanks Representatives DeFazio and Chaffetz for introducing the "SHIELD Act."

Issue Date: March 05, 2013


US HR 0845 - Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013

NAR sent a letter to Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) thanking them for introducing H.R. 845, the "SHIELD Act," which is a step in protecting innovators from broad claims of patent infringement based on patents of questionable validity brought by non-practicing entities.  


Read the letter here.