The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported about President Obama's recognition of the threat patent trolls pose to the more innovative and creative companies in the economy:
"In a welcome turn of events, President Barack Obama spoke directly to the patent troll problem and the need for more comprehensive patent reform yesterday in a "Fireside Hangout" — a live question and answer session hosted in a Google+ hangout. The President was responding to a question by the prominent electrical engineer and entrepreneur Limor "Ladyada" Fried, who in 2009 won an EFF Pioneer Award for her work with free software and open-source hardware."
Read the rest here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/obama-calls-patent-reform-topple-trolls