The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is supposed to protect Americans from schemes that drive prices up and competition down. Unfortunately, the Division’s former head, Makan Delrahim, did the opposite, protecting anticompetitive conduct from meaningful scrutiny and disregarding concerns about consumer harm. One glaring example is the (absurdly favorable) business review letter he issued regarding a patent licensing pool administered by Avanci.

The patent system is supposed to make technology better and more accessible. Patents that broadly cover computer security standards do the opposite. Thankfully, Internet users, web developers, and security researchers are safe from one patent assertion entity that had threatened public access to essential security technology.

This week a panel of experts came together to discuss the public’s interest in patent law. Here are three takeaways.