The Innovation Act is far from perfect. But digital rights groups like the EFF have thrown their weight behind it, calling it the best legislation so far concocted for fighting patent trolling.

The Innovation Act passed in the House with 325 to 91 votes on Dec. 5, 2013, and now this bill is in the hands of the Senate. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ...

The Senate’s recent adoption of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act sent an important message that, even in a deeply divided Washington, challenging China’s efforts to displace the United States ...