The EFF is broken.  They started as a First Amendment organization. Now they&#x27;ve become a front for the anti-patent lobby.<p>The EFF&#x27;s own data on demand letters exposes their false claims about &quot;patent trolls&quot;. [1]  Only six patent holders on their list have sent more than two demand letters.  There was one big patent troll who sent out hundreds of demand letters, and he lost in court years ago.  With that one lawyer out of the picture, the &quot;troll&quot; problem went away.<p>Their legislative proposals are terrible. Allowing &quot;independent invention&quot; as a defense encourages companies to lie.  A five year patent term is so short as to be useless; it takes about 3 years to get a patent issued.<p>Stop the EFF before they kill invention.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;trollingeffects.org&#x2F;patent-owners" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;trollingeffects.org&#x2F;patent-owners</a>