The full title of the act is "To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes." <ref name="GovTrack" />[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr9#| GovTrack] predicts that the Innovation Act has a 36% chance of being enacted. Representative Bob Goodlatte intends for the bill to cut down on abusive patent litigation and strengthen a patent holder's rights. The bill will target the following areas:
#*Abusive Patent Litigation. #*Increasing Transparency and reducing Weak Patent Infringement Claims. #*Clarifying patent litigation procedures and practices. #*Bolstering small businesses built upon IP. #*Reducing referrals to random courts for the review of patent cases. #*Weakening power of [[Innovation Policy#Patent Trolls| Patent Trolls]].
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==Provisions==