That's how you hunt trolls. Merely proving you didn't violate their patent is not helping the next guy (and actually, you might have violated the patent, who knows with these frivolous things). Killing their patent does.
0. making it harder to get a patent (not adding arbitrary bureaucracy, but ensuring examiners maintain high and fair standards) 1. making it harder/shorten the time to keep a patent
EFF, ACLU, etc. might nibble around the edges on this issue, but there's no one going after the politicians with lobbyists, a bucket of money and a deep bench of patent attorneys funded by something like a Kickstarter/IndieGoGo and/or subscription model to the tune of a Bernie Sanders-equivalent funding level.
Software is kind of unique (and even moreso now with the prevalence of cloud providers) with its otherwise low barrier to entry; as capital expenses are extremely low compared to other industries.