PATENTS
Amendments
Courts: establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (H.R. 628), S8928, S8946 [13DE], H8536 [16DE]
Bills and resolutions
Business and industry: amend Federal law to encourage the repatriation of jobs to the U.S. (see H.R. 5980), H6405 (see H.R. 5980), H6457 [29JY]
Clark County, NV: withdraw Sloan Hills area from location, entry, and patent under mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials (see S. 3313), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5219), H3201 [5MY]
Courts: modify penalty for false marking (see H.R. 6352), H7393 [29SE]
———provide recourse under patent law for persons who suffer competitive injury as a result of false markings (see H.R. 4954), H2457 [25MR]
Intellectual property: anniversary of the Bayh-Dole Act on retention of intellectual property arising from federally funded research (see H. Con. Res. 328), H7453 [15NO]
Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 5874), H6163 [27JY]
———provide authority to set or adjust patent and trademark fees (see H.R. 5322), H3540 [18MY]
SBA: require a study and report by the Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law (see S. 3089), S1311 [9MR]
World Intellectual Property Day: support goals (see H. Res. 1208), H2261 [23MR]
Descriptions
Sukup Manufacturing Co., Practices and Products, S5047 [16JN]
Remarks in House
Business and industry: amend Federal law to encourage the repatriation of jobs to the U.S. (H.R. 5980), E1472 [29JY]
Clark County, NV: withdraw Sloan Hills area from location, entry, and patent under mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials (S. 3313), H4512 [16JN]
Courts: establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (H.R. 628), Senate amendment, H8536-H8539 [16DE]
Intellectual property: anniversary of the Bayh-Dole Act on retention of intellectual property arising from federally funded research (H. Con. Res. 328), H7410, H7411 [15NO]
Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5874), H6251-H6253 [28JY], E1470 [29JY], E1500 [30JY]
———provide authority to set or adjust patent and trademark fees (H.R. 5322), E867 [18MY]
———tribute to National Trademark Expo, E1832 [29SE]
Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H5386 [1JY]
World Intellectual Property Day: support goals (H. Res. 1208), H2917, H2918 [27AP], E712 [29AP]
Remarks in Senate
Clark County, NV: withdraw Sloan Hills area from location, entry, and patent under mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials (S. 3313), S3167 [5MY]
Courts: establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (H.R. 628), S8946 [13DE]
Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5874), S6537, S6538 [29JY]
———provide authority to set or adjust patent and trademark fees, S4471 [26MY]
SBA: require a study and report by the Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law (S. 3089), S1313 [9MR]
Reports filed
BLM Validation of Final Patent Dealing With Lands in Nevada Conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 762) (S. Rept. 111-272), S6882 [5AU]
Dept. of the Interior Land Grant Patent Modification Issued to Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1651) (S. Rept. 111-309), S7506 [27SE]
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 369) (S. Rept. 111-123), S438 [2FE]
Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3313) (S. Rept. 111-318), S7507 [27SE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 328, Bayh-Dole Act anniversary on retention of intellectual property arising from federally funded research, H7410 [15NO]
H. Res. 1208, support goals of World Intellectual Property Day, H2917 [27AP]
H.R. 5874, Patent and Trademark Office supplemental appropriations, H6251 [28JY]
S. 3089, require a study and report by the SBA Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law, S1313 [9MR]
S. 3313, Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act, S3167 [5MY]
Tributes
Inouye, Senator, S7248 [21SE]