According to this story in c|net news, a new lobby group called “Coalition for Patent Fairness” — with members like Intel, Cisco, and H-P — will start to press for changes to the current patent litigation system. Here’s a key bit, from Coalition president Doug Comer (also Intel’s director of legal affairs):

“We are concerned about what we see as the growing imbalance in the application of patent law heavily in favor of plaintiff-as-patent-holder at the expense of patent holders more focused on developing, producing and marketing,” Comer said. “Generally, we are interested in improving the way remedies are applied, the way damages are assessed in the courts, and the function in the courts.”

We’ll keep an eye out for their specific proposals.