HTIA | High Tech Inventors Alliance Home Priorities Resources News Updates Contact More High Tech InventorsAlliance ProtectingInventors Innovation and American Jobs Innovation is what drives success in the hightechnology industry. The present crisis of patent quality baseless patent assertions and the scourge of patent troll litigation must be remedied so that the patent system works properly and supports innovation. The High Tech Inventors Alliance HTIA advocates for balanced reforms in the Patent and Trademark Office the courts and Congress that address the root causes of these problems while advancing a patent system that promotes investment in new technologies and American jobs. We collectively invested over 146 billion in research and development last year hold nearly 350000 U.