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===Pleading Requirements===
In efforts to diminish the Patent Troll threat, the Innovation Act has heightened pleading requirements for parties filing for patent infringement. As of December 2015, Form 18, the form previously used to submit generalized patent infringement claims<ref name="patentlyo18" />, was eliminated in order to reduce number of patent litigation, especially involving Patent Trolls or Non-Practicing Entities.<ref name="nationallawreview" />
The party alleging patent infringement, referred to as the plaintiff, must include in the initial complaint (unless the information is not reasonably accessible to such party):
