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As part of the Fees and Other Expenses provisions, an interested party or parties may be required to cover attorney's fees and other expenses in the case that the nonprevailing party cannot. Sponsors of the bill hope to prevent Patent Trolls from claiming the inability to pay fees by shuffling accounts between all of their companies by including this provision. <ref name="innovationactprovisions" /> Parties Interested parties may include parties that have invented or invested in the disputed patents may be called upon. Parties or that commercially practice or perform R&D in the same field as the patented technology or disputed subject matter may also be required to cover the fees. <ref name="govtracksummary" />