In reply to Mark Chandler.

I agree that there are some very poor patents being issued - both for stuff that should never be patented and with claims that can be interpreted to mean just about anything. I also agree that product companies can be ambushed by these ambiguous claims. I do support an honest patent system.

I find it hard to agree that someone can be lying in wait if they have good claims. Patents are public information and they represent someone's property. Product companies are responsible to know the art.

Bad claims should be dealt with in court. Courts have been invalidating patents for hundreds of years and are quite good at it.

Many provisions in the Innovation Act are very hostile to inventors and will seriously damage people like me. For many inventors, the damage will be fatal. However, killing inventors as a side effect of killing so called trolls is a very high price for all of us to pay.

Cisco is a highly respected and innovative company. Certainly Cisco would also want to have a system that is both fair to large companies and fair to inventors.