PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Bills and resolutions

Courts: modify prohibition on recognition by U.S. courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 746), S742 [9MR] (see H.R. 1505), H1248 [9MR]

Drugs: require sponsors of drug applications and holders of approved applications to provide certain submissions and communications to FDA and Patent and Trademark Office (see S. 2780), S4440 [13SE] (see H.R. 5429), H4296 [13SE]

Patent Trial and Appeal Board: reform to encourage and protect property rights of inventors and maintain U.S. as leading innovation economy (see H.R. 4370), H3149 [27JN]

Patents: address matters relative to patent subject matter eligibility (see S. 2140), S2222 [22JN]

——— establish interagency task force between Patent and Trademark Office and FDA for sharing information and providing technical assistance relative to patents (see S. 79), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 1717), H1326 [22MR]

——— prevent double patenting (see H.R. 6436), H5892 [15NO]

——— require disclosures in patent applications on ties to China and other foreign adversaries (see H.R. 5475), H4344 [14SE]

——— strengthen patent system and combat abuse (see S. 2220), S2287 [10JY]

SBA: improve commercialization activities in Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see S. 1396), S1463 [2MY] (see H.R. 3056), H2125 [2MY]

Trademarks: clarify that licensing of mark for use by related company does not establish employment relationship between owner of mark and that related company or its employees (see S. 2173), S2224 [22JN]

Remarks in House

Courts: modify prohibition on recognition by U.S. courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (H.R. 1505), H5676, H5677 [13NO], E1119 [21NO]

Reports filed

Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 79), S567 [1MR]

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1505) (H. Rept. 118–232), H4908 [29SE]

Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1396), S3521 [25JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1505, No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act, H5676 [13NO]

S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act, S102 [25JA]