AMERICA INVENTS ACT
Amendments
Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), H7526, H7532, H7535, H7538, H7539, H7541, H7543, H7545, H7546 [5DE]
——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7468 [4DE]
Bills and resolutions
Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 3309), H6767 [23OC]
——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (see H. Res. 429), H7445 [3DE]
——— promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system (see S. 1720), S8100 [18NO]
Letters
Innovation Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7465 [4DE]
——— Sally S. Neely, National Bankruptcy Conference, H7533 [5DE]
——— several business organizations, H7466 [4DE]
——— several law professors, H7517 [5DE]
——— several startup investors, H7516 [5DE]
——— Steve Brown, National Association of Realtors, H7466 [4DE]
Lists
Concerns with H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, H7551 [5DE]
Organizations opposed to H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, H7444 [3DE], H7551 [5DE]
Remarks in House
Bankruptcy: determine rights of intellectual property licensees relative to transnational bankruptcy, H7533 [5DE]
Patents: allow a judge to consider dilatory or other abusive tactics by the prevailing party in determining whether to reduce or deny court fee awards, H7535–H7538 [5DE]
——— allow independent inventor the right of judicial review if his case is mishandled by the patent system, H7465 [4DE]
——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), H6823–H6826 [28OC], H7103–H7108 [14NO], H7182–H7185 [18NO], H7390–H7393 [2DE], H7441–H7445 [3DE], H7511–H7556 [5DE], E1793 [5DE], E1831, E1836 [11DE], E1845, E1866 [12DE], E1889 [16DE]
——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7461–H7470 [4DE]
——— expand definition of covered customer to include small businesses with annual revenue under a certain amount relative to stays of action in patent infringement suits, H7525, H7541–H7543 [5DE]
——— preserve independent judicial review of patent applications, H7545, H7546 [5DE]
——— prohibit inclusion in patent code of certain provisions allowing stays of action in patent infringement suits against certain covered customers, H7539, H7540 [5DE]
——— require claimants to provide additional disclosure information in any pre-suit notification to establish a willful infringement claim in patent litigation transparency, H7538, H7539 [5DE]
Remarks in Senate
Patents: promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system (S. 1720), S8182 [19NO], S9045 [19DE]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 3309, Innovation Act and H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 429) (H. Rept. 113–283), H7445 [3DE]
Innovation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3309) (H. Rept. 113–279), H7393 [2DE]
Texts of
H. Res. 429, consideration of H.R. 3309, Innovation Act and H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act, H7461 [4DE]