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'''H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9 (Congress)]
 
'''H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9 (Congress)]
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Summary
 
*Heightened pleading requirements: must show how each limitation of each asserted claim in each asserted patent is found within each  
 
*Heightened pleading requirements: must show how each limitation of each asserted claim in each asserted patent is found within each  
 
*Presumption of attorney fees: encourages judges to make a party pay attorney fees if lawsuit or claim is deemed frivolous
 
*Presumption of attorney fees: encourages judges to make a party pay attorney fees if lawsuit or claim is deemed frivolous
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*Discovery limits: limit discovery in litigation until after a claim construction ruling
 
*Discovery limits: limit discovery in litigation until after a claim construction ruling
 
**Aimed at reducing cost
 
**Aimed at reducing cost
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GovTrack predicts that the Innovation Act has a 36% chance of being enacted.

Revision as of 15:40, 19 February 2016

H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015) (Congress) Summary

  • Heightened pleading requirements: must show how each limitation of each asserted claim in each asserted patent is found within each
  • Presumption of attorney fees: encourages judges to make a party pay attorney fees if lawsuit or claim is deemed frivolous
  • Transparency of ownership: requires plaintiffs to disclose the owner of the patent in question so the identity of the real parties behind the litigation is clear
    • Will ensure that patent trolls cannot hide behind a web of shell companies to avoid accountability for bringing frivolous litigation
  • Discovery limits: limit discovery in litigation until after a claim construction ruling
    • Aimed at reducing cost

GovTrack predicts that the Innovation Act has a 36% chance of being enacted.