Subject Intellectual property | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB662	Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Revises the organization, in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and renames it the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-22 Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
US	SB884	Deter Cyber Theft Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-07 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB866	Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to remove the eight-year sunset provision with respect to the transitional post-grant review program available to review the validity of covered business method paten... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB780	Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2013 or the PARTS Act - Makes it not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1663	Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2013 or PARTS Act - Makes it not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB967	Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013 - Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to rename the National High-Performance Computing Program as the Networking and Information Technology ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-17 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
US	HB778	No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
US	HB1123	Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling acces... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
US	HB1278	Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2013 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to conclusively presume that a mark that uses the term "redskin" or any derivation of that term consists of mat... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
US	SB712	Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2013 - Allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPT... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB706	Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1421	Advancing Innovative Manufacturing Act of 2013 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to carry out a program to develop and support industry... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-09 To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
US	HB845	Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 - Amends federal patent law, with respect to the remedies available in actions involving validity or infringement of a patent, to allow a party asserting invalidity or noninfringem... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
US	HB873	Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale unde... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB872	Free Trade With Cuba Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercis... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB660	Innovation Through Trade Act of 2013 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the composition of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to include one Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who shall: (1) be appointed by t... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB647	No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB626	Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act [Detail][Text]	2013-03-20 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB627	Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act [Detail][Text]	2013-03-20 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB517	Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling acces... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB614	American Discoveries and American Jobs Commission Act of 2013 - Establishes the Commission on American Discoveries and American Jobs to study: (1) the state of technology transfer from federally funded research to the private sector; (2) the possibil... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 To House Subcommittee on Technology Committee
US	SB504	Fair And Immediate Release of Generic Drugs Act or FAIR Generics Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to revise the definition of “first applicant” for purposes of the 180-day exclusivity period given to first app... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB467	Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013 - Amends the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with respect the prohibition on the circumvention of technological measures that control access to a copyright-protected work. Expands the exceptions to suc... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-05 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB350	Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy, following common procedures for the collection an... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
US	HB708	Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a federal research public access policy, following common procedures for the collection an... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HB193	Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2013 - Permits a person who plants patented seed or seed derived from patented seed to retain harvested seed for replanting by such person if that person: (1) notifies the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) of th... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-04 To House Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Committee
US	SB214	Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a proceeding against parties to any agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a paten... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB22	Foreign Counterfeit Merchandise Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that it shall not be a violation of the prohibition against a federal employee disclosing trade secrets or other confidential or proprietary information for ... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB214	Cuba Reconciliation Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.Permits: (1) installation and... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-15 To House Subcommittee on Trade Committee