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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="791" measure-id="id115s791" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2017-03-30" update-date="2018-12-14">
<title>Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s791v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2018-12-14">
<action-date>2018-10-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017</b> </p> <p>(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Small Business Administration to develop partnership agreements that provide for: </p> <ul> <li>development of high-quality training for small businesses related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property, </li> <li>leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small businesses, and </li> <li>participation of a nongovernmental organization. </li></ul> <p>These agreements must also provide training:</p> <ul> <li>through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars; and</li> <li>at physical locations, including a small business development center (SBDC) and the headquarters or a regional office of the U.S.&nbsp;Patent and Trademark Office. </li></ul> <p>(Sec. 5) The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at an SBDC to include training, in person or through a website, relating to:</p> <ul> <li>domestic and international intellectual property protections, and </li> <li>how those protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small businesses.</li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s791v80" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-11-07">
<action-date>2018-03-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017</b> </p> <p>This bill directs the Small Business Administration to develop partnership agreements that provide for: </p> <ul> <li>development of high-quality training for small businesses related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property, </li> <li>leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small businesses, and </li> <li>participation of a nongovernmental organization. </li></ul> <p>These agreements must also provide training:</p> <ul> <li>through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars; and</li> <li>at physical locations, including a small business development center (SBDC) and the headquarters or a regional office of the U.S.&nbsp;Patent and Trademark Office. </li></ul> <p>The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at an SBDC to include training, in person or through a website, relating to:</p> <ul> <li>domestic and international intellectual property protections, and </li> <li>how those protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small businesses. </li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115s791v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-11-20">
<action-date>2017-03-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Small Business Administration to develop partnership agreements that provide for: </p> <ul> <li>development of high-quality training for small businesses related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property, </li> <li>leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small businesses, and</li> <li>participation of a nongovernmental organization. </li> </ul> <p>These agreements must also provide training:</p> <ul> <li>through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars; and</li> <li>at physical locations, including a small business development center (SBDC) and the headquarters or a regional office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.</li> </ul> <p>The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at an SBDC to include training, in person or through a website, relating to:</p> <ul> <li>domestic and international intellectual property protections, and </li> <li>how those protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small businesses.</li> </ul>]]></summary-text>
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