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[[====Pleading Requirements]]====
[[====Fees and Other Expenses]] ==== [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr9/summary]
[[====Joinder of Interested Parties]]====
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'''Section 3'''
The party alleging patent infringement must include in the initial complaint (unless the information is not reasonably accessible to such party):
*Identification of each patent allegedly infringed
TL;DR If you believe your patent has been infringed on, you must write in your initial complaint letter VERY SPECIFIC information regarding exactly which parts of your patents have been violated and by what model/device.
"Requires courts to award prevailing parties reasonable fees and other expenses incurred in connection with such actions, unless:
TL;DR Encourages courts to make the losers pay for the winner’s court fees/associated fees
*If the prevailing party is the side defending against an allegation of infringement, and the nonprevailing party can’t pay the award of fees and expenses, then the prevailing party can signal a motion to have a joinder of interested parties, if they show that the nonprevailing party has no substantial interest in the subject matter