[118th Congress Public Law 151]
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Public Law 118-151
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception 
to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and 
        for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 17, 2024 -  [S. 3960]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: Patents and trademarks.>>  GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION 
                              TO THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINES.

    Title 35, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 41(j), by inserting ``, unless the entity 
        shows that the assertion was made in good faith,'' before ``be 
        subject''; and
            (2) in section 123(f), by inserting ``, unless the entity 
        shows that the certification was made in good faith,'' before 
        ``be subject''.

    Approved December 17, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3960:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            June 20, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 3, considered and passed House.

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