What if patent holders could take companies to court over potentially patent-infringing activities performed by third-party businesses? In a case currently pending before the Supreme Court, that’s exactly what is at stake.

And this won’t just affect tech gurus and software providers. The technologies we enjoy are produced by networks of companies that work together; allowing one company to be sued over actions of another will stop innovation in its tracks, crippling small businesses and putting many of the products and services nearly all Americans use out of reach.