Patent Trolls, Patent Reform, And The Real Patent Problem

Adi Kamdar, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Stevenson Hall 1300
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Over the last few years, patents have been a hot topic: tech giants are engaged in endless lawsuits, trolls run amok, and reform is in the air. Every branch of government, as well as businesses big and small, seems to have a dog in this fight. What's really going on? By focusing on trolls and lawsuits, are we losing sight of the bigger question of the patentability of software? And is the reform we're seeing really the reform we ultimately want?