3.0.0 845 2022-11-15T16:33:10Z 2022-11-15T16:33:10Z House H HR 2013-02-27 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DeFAZIO:H.R. 845.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8:To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, bysecuring for limited Times to Authors and Inventors theexclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;[Page H702]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-08T21:19:49Z Referred to 2013-02-27T15:00:27Z 2013-04-08 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. Committee 2013-02-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-02-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-02-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 2013-02-27 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2013-03-05 False W000798 Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] Tim Walberg R MI 7 2013-04-10 False B001280 Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] Kerry Bentivolio R MI L. 11 2013-04-16 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2013-07-30 False S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2013-08-02 False Commerce Advanced technology and technological innovations Civil actions and liability Higher education Intellectual property Legal fees and court costs Technology transfer and commercialization Commerce 00 2013-02-27 Introduced in House 2013-03-25T17:54:06Z Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 - Amends federal patent law, with respect to the remedies available in actions involving validity or infringement of a patent, to allow a party asserting invalidity or noninfringement to move for a judgment that the adverse party is not: (1) the inventor, a joint inventor, or in the case of a patent filed by, and awarded to, an assignee of the original inventor or joint inventor, the original assignee of the patent; (2) able to provide documentation of substantial investment made in the exploitation of the patent through production or sale of an item covered by the patent; or (3) an institution of higher education or a technology transfer organization.

Directs courts making such a judgment to award the recovery of full costs to any prevailing party asserting invalidity or noninfringement, including reasonable attorney's fees, other than the United States, unless exceptional circumstances make an award unjust.

]]> Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 Display Title Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, to provide for the recovery of patent litigation costs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2013-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr845ih/xml/BILLS-113hr845ih.xml 2013-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.