[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 243 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 243

To amend title 35, United States Code, to modify the penalty for false 
                    marking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2011

  Mr. Latta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to modify the penalty for false 
                    marking, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patent Lawsuit Reform Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FALSE MARKING.

    (a) In General.--Section 292 of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the second undesignated paragraph, by 
                striking ``any unpatented article'' and inserting 
                ``unpatented articles'';
                    (B) in the third undesignated paragraph, by 
                striking ``any article'' and inserting ``one or more 
                articles''; and
                    (C) , by striking ``$500 for every such offense'' 
                and inserting ``$500, in the aggregate, for all 
                offenses in connection with such articles''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) A person who has suffered a competitive injury as a result of 
a violation of this section may bring a civil action in the appropriate 
district court of the United States against the person violating this 
section for recovery of not more than $500 in damages to compensate for 
the injury.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any case pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
to any case commenced on or after such date of enactment.
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