As a new patent reform bill moves quickly on Capitol Hill, some legislators, patent lawyers and judges have warned it contains sweeping and sometimes unintended changes to the nation’s intellectual property landscape.

The 51-page legislation, called the Innovation Act, substantially expands the effort to stop patent litigation abuse by so-called “patent trolls.” The bill still contains broadly supported concepts to strengthen pleading requirements and limit costly discovery in patent infringement cases.

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