Little did I know that the United States House of Representatives had the same thoughts on their mind as I was writing my lil’ piece on counter-attacking IP troll lawsuits.

Here’s what the honorable members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee had to say on this topic Thursday:

• the U.S. needs legislation to limit NPE lawsuits
• similar to the E.U. Universal Patent Court’s proposed system, we should create a “loser pays” regime with limits on discovery (did they read my blog?!)
• the SHIELD Act (Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act) goes a long way towards these goals
• NPEs should be prohibited from parallel actions in both federal court and the ITC.