Does anyone think that a legislation preventing NPE's from suing for patent infringement would be practical? They'd still be able to hold them - just not sue.
It seems like something that large corporations as well as independents could get behind.
How do you prove that an organization is an NPE? All they have to do is hire a couple of college kids dirt cheap and they can show that they are "developing" a product.
Denying patent protection to anyone who doesn't already have a finished product out on the market opens a whole new can of worms.
The law already deals with vague definitions. It really wouldn't be too hard to write something that erred on the side of making it somewhat hard to prove that you were practicing.
It seems like something that large corporations as well as independents could get behind.