Dropbox CEO Drew Houston praised Congress for working...
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston praised Congress for working on legislation that would curb abusive patent litigation. Houston said during a Tuesday session at the State of the Net conference that bills like the Innovation Act (HR-3309), which passed the House…
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in December, are a good step toward removing what he called a “tax” on innovation. Dropbox has been sued by nonpracticing entities -- something that Houston said is now essentially a “rite of passage” for tech companies. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who authored HR-3309, praised the House for passing the bill, saying the White House had supported its passage. The Senate is still considering legislation on patent litigation abuse, including the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act (S-1720). Houston also urged Congress to enact legislation to create a single national standard for addressing data breaches, which he said would be an improvement over what he called a “patchwork of standards” at the state level.