Gridlock generally occurs when one of the two parties is opposed to a bill, but here the President is following Republican initiatives - in the Senate, John Cornyn's 'Patent Abuse Reduction Act', and in the House, Jason Chaffetz's 'Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act'.

Since this issue seems to have some bipartisan support behind it, perhaps something will actually get done.