The SHIELD Act was reintroduced in the House of Representatives this week, and a post in The Hill's Technology Blog cited Alexander Poltorak's criticism of the bill as being unnecessary and unfair to patent owners. ("Bill would force 'patent trolls' to pay legal costs" TheHill.com - February 27, 2013)
Article excerpt: Alexander Poltorak, CEO of General Patent Corporation, a patent enforcement group, warned last year that the SHIELD Act would be a "gift to infringers."
In an op-ed in The Hill, he claimed that the legal system already protects against frivolous lawsuits.