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The airplane, lightbulb, self-starting car, medical breakthroughs, and so much more all come from a system that lets inventors protect their ideas. A tax on third-party litigation funding will make it harder for inventors to defend their patents in court. inventorsdefense.org/wp-cont…
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Small businesses file more patents per employee than larger firms and support over 60 million jobs. Weak patent enforcement hurts nearly every component of the American economy. deseret.com/opinion/2025/12/…
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Predatory infringement has become a simple business calculation: steal a technology, sell it, and ultimately compensate the rightful owner for pennies on the dollar. inventorsdefense.org/wp-cont…
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Regional economies depend on small businesses that can protect what they build. Sectors like semiconductors, agriculture tech, water conservation, energy, and advanced manufacturing all have deep roots in local economies across the US.
Weakening patent enforcement hits local economies first. idahostatesman.com/opinion/r…
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Fledgling companies should be investing in new products, staff, and R&D. Third-party litigation funding prevents legal costs from swallowing the resources innovators need to keep building. ipwatchdog.com/2025/02/11/li…
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The core value of a patent is the right to exclude. If proven infringement only ends with a royalty payment, then large companies can treat infringement simply as a strategic business cost. Judge Paul Michel has more: townhall.com/columnists/paul…
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Learn more about the myth of foreign interference in the U.S. courts through third-party litigation funding: inventorsdefense.org/wp-cont…
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Patent litigation is extraordinarily expensive, and large corporations use this to their advantage. They delay cases, forcing small inventors to drain their capital until they're forced to settle for next to nothing.
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Chinese firms steal up to $600 billion worth of US intellectual property each year. Making it harder for small American inventors to fund their cases against behemoth Chinese companies gives foreign patent infringers carte blanche to rob hard-working American entrepreneurs. inventorsdefense.org/wp-cont…
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Companies like Google, Apple, Samsung, and Meta can afford to litigate for years. Most small inventors cannot. Third-party litigation funding allows inventors to fight back. dailycaller.com/2026/02/24/b…
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Mandatory funding disclosure requirements hand defendants a map of the inventor's financial runway. Large infringers can tailor delay tactics, pressure funders, and drag the case out until the smaller party is forced to surrender. dcjournal.com/litigation-tra…
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Regional innovation hubs -- from national labs and advanced manufacturing plants to health-tech startups -- depend on inventors who can enforce their IP rights.
A tax on litigation funding would hit local economies first. tennesseestar.com/policy/com…
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Claims of widespread "foreign manipulation" in third-party litigation funding won't be solved with blanket disclosure requirements: Judges already have the authority to privately examine funding arrangements. Read IDA's one-pager here: inventorsdefense.org/wp-cont…
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Critics claim that third-party litigation funding fuels waves of frivolous lawsuits from patent "trolls." But the data suggests otherwise. Read Kristen Osenga's analysis here: realclearpolicy.com/articles…
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"Creative destruction" -- the process by which new companies challenge and displace established market leaders -- depends on patents strong enough to enable upstarts to compete with incumbents. Read Judge Paul Michel's op-ed: deseret.com/opinion/2025/12/…
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A tax on third-party litigation funding would cripple the financial lifeline that many inventors rely on to enforce their patents.
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A tax on third-party litigation funding proceeds would make many patent cases too expensive to fund before they start. That means fewer small inventors in court and fewer consequences for infringement. spectator.org/kill-the-tilli…
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A patent means little if it cannot be enforced. A right that disappears the moment a startup faces a larger legal budget is not much of a right.
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Small businesses file more patents per employee than larger firms. They should not have to watch bigger competitors copy their work and then dare them to afford the courthouse. deseret.com/opinion/2025/12/…
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From national labs to advanced manufacturing plants to growing tech hubs, regional economies depend on inventors who can protect what they build. A tax on litigation funding would hit those local economies first. tennesseestar.com/policy/com…
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