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New page: '''H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9 (Congress)] *Heightened pleading requirements: must show how each limitation of each asserted ...
'''H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9 (Congress)]
*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
*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
