With the US Innovation Act stalled, will courts rein in NPEs?

The author comments on how U.S. courts address problem related to patent trolls (non-practising entities (NPEs)) Topics discussed include a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers which found NPEs accounting 67 percent of U.S. patent infringement lawsuits, five executive actions issued by U.S. President Barack Obama, directing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to increase patent system's transparency, and the decision held in the U.S. Supreme Court case Alice Corp Pty Ltd v. CLS Bank Intl.