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US House targets ‘patent thickets’ with new legislation

By Nick Robertson ( May 9, 2025, 16:48 GMT | Insight) -- Texas Republican Representative Jodey Arrington introduced a new bill today to limit so-called “patent thickets” by limiting the number of patents that can be asserted in an infringement action. The bipartisan Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act aims to lower prescription drug costs.A bipartisan group of five members of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill today aimed at limiting so-called “patent thickets.” The Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act would limit the number of patents that can be asserted in an infringement action to just one per patent group....

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