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'''H.R.9: Innovation Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9 (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
*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.