Changes

To protect manufacturing investments and patent owners, the act would prohibit foreign courts from eliminating a company's US IP licenses in bankruptcy, in accordance with US law. <ref name="sectionsummary" /> On the other hand, the act pushes for plaintiffs to deal with manufacturers rather than retailers or end users selling products or using processes that infringe on a patent's claims. <ref name="patentlyoIA" />Courts may stay customer suits and hear suits brought before manufacturers accused of infringing the same patent. <ref name="govtracksummary" />

===Small Businesses===