NAR Coalition Letter to Senate and House Judciary Committee Regarding Patent Litigation Reform
Issue Date: April 15, 2015
US HR 2045 - Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act)
On April 15, 2015 NAR, as part of The National Real Estate Organizations (NREO), sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees and cc'ing all the members of both committees. The letter highlights how the real estate sector has been impacted by specious infringement claims asserted by non-practicing entities (NPEs), or “patent trolls.” The letter urges both committees to swiftly pass meaningful reform legislation to curtail abuses when NPEs claim intellectual property rights in “sham” patents that are overly broad and lack integrity; send poorly researched but threatening demand letters to extort licensing fees from business owners; and file vague and frivolous lawsuits.