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Demand Letter Transparency Act (view source)
Revision as of 16:48, 19 February 2016
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*Permits a recipient of a demand letter to file a petition with the USPTO if it believes that disclosure or patent letter information requirements have not been met
**USPTO will notify the patent owner that the patent will be voided unless a fee is paid
GovTrack predicts that the Demand Letter Transparency Act has a 0% chance of being enacted.
==Summary==
Requires any entity that sends a specified number of demand letters during any 365-day period to submit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), with respect to each patent that was the subject in each letter, a disclosure identifying:
*the patent, including a confirmation that the entity that sent the letter is the owner of the patent and is the last recorded entity in USPTO records for purposes of assignment, grant, or conveyance;
*the entity that has the right to license the patent or the name of the exclusive licensee;
*each entity asserting a claim with regard to the patent;
*each obligation to license the patent and the financial terms at which such patent has been licensed;
*the ultimate parent entity of such entity;
*the number of recipients of the letter;
*any case that has been filed by such entity relating to such patent; and
*any ex parte review or inter partes review of such patent.
