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Oppose the Patent-Troll-Friendly Prevail Act

90 points by batch12 2y ago

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Who is making money off pushing this bill, and how?
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  Patent trolls I would guess.
- InDubioProRubio 2y ago
  Patent-trolls are anticompetitive moats- as in you like to have them around as a large organization, as they attack the small companies and competition first. Not every critter out there needs to be a controlled and pupeteered agent- its good enough, they do damage to what could damage you out of their own free will and motives.
- rsingel 2y ago
  Patent trolls and big pharma. The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs. As a small software company owner who fought off a patent troll who claimed to have patented the idea of showing related content to a reader, I can confidently say patent trolls are parasites that deserve everything the courts have heaped on them in the last 10 years. Call your senator and tell them that the patent trolls are killing innovation and to vote NO on PREVAIL
  - setopt 2y ago
    > The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs. Sounds like they’re really against teen rebellion :)
yaomtc 2y ago
According to the "take action" page, it's already gone up for a vote: > UPDATE: The vote for PREVAIL has been set for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 But according to Congress.gov, it was just a committee meeting: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2220/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/222...
pjc50 2y ago
Bill sponsor is https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088 https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088 (D) As for who's sponsoring him .. I spent a little while fiddling with https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00475392&two_year_transaction_period=2024&min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&max_date=12%2F31%2F2024 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&commi... and https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00848432&two_year_transaction_period=2024&data_type=processed https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00848432&tw... but from the relatively small amounts of money involved I conclude that's not where the real action is.
- D13Fd 2y ago
  Honestly Senator Coons is a good guy acting in his constituents’ interest, and this is not based on campaign donations from corporations or patent trolls. He represents a small district home to a big pharmaceutical company, and that is also a center for patent litigation.
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90 points by batch12 2y ago

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Who is making money off pushing this bill, and how?

shiroiushi 2y ago
Patent trolls I would guess.
InDubioProRubio 2y ago
Patent-trolls are anticompetitive moats- as in you like to have them around as a large organization, as they attack the small companies and competition first. Not every critter out there needs to be a controlled and pupeteered agent- its good enough, they do damage to what could damage you out of their own free will and motives.
rsingel 2y ago
Patent trolls and big pharma. The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs. As a small software company owner who fought off a patent troll who claimed to have patented the idea of showing related content to a reader, I can confidently say patent trolls are parasites that deserve everything the courts have heaped on them in the last 10 years. Call your senator and tell them that the patent trolls are killing innovation and to vote NO on PREVAIL
- setopt 2y ago
  > The bill would make it harder to challenge shitty parents and to make generic drugs. Sounds like they’re really against teen rebellion :)

yaomtc 2y ago

According to the "take action" page, it's already gone up for a vote: > UPDATE: The vote for PREVAIL has been set for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 But according to Congress.gov, it was just a committee meeting: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2220/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/222...

pjc50 2y ago

Bill sponsor is https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088 https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-coons/C001088 (D) As for who's sponsoring him .. I spent a little while fiddling with https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00475392&two_year_transaction_period=2024&min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&max_date=12%2F31%2F2024 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&commi... and https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00848432&two_year_transaction_period=2024&data_type=processed https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00848432&tw... but from the relatively small amounts of money involved I conclude that's not where the real action is.

D13Fd 2y ago
Honestly Senator Coons is a good guy acting in his constituents’ interest, and this is not based on campaign donations from corporations or patent trolls. He represents a small district home to a big pharmaceutical company, and that is also a center for patent litigation.

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