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==Analysis==
Just four years after Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent legislation has resurfaced in the 114th Congress with the introduction of the [[Innovation Act]] (H.R. 9) in the House and the [[PATENT Act]] (S.1137) in the Senate, legislation that is intended to enact sweeping reform of the current patent system and combat abusive patent litigation. The House and Senate Judiciary Committees have been working to prevent supposed [[Patent Trolls|patent trolls]] from filing frivolous litigation and stifling innovation in the United States. Congressmen on these committees have used the The term "patent trollstroll" is often used interchangeably with the terms "[[Patent Assertion Entities|patent assertion entities]]" and "[[Non-Practicing Entities|non-practicing entities]]."
Some claim that the concentration of patent litigation cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas acts as proof that patent reform is necessary. Supposedly, patent trolls fill the courts of the Eastern District of Texas with litigation because the judges are pro-patent troll and provide incentives for patent trolls to file in their district. Lawyers claim that the district's rules and procedures make it more difficult and more expensive to defend patent lawsuit. However, some lawyers also state that these procedures were not a result of corruption, but simply an attempt to manage the huge number of patent cases the Eastern District of Texas receives each year. Permitting plaintiffs to choose where their case is considered allows patent litigation to concentrate in an area that has a reputation of being plaintiff-friendly.
