US SB299 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Establishes a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts under which: (1) those district judges who request to hear cases involving patent or plant variety protection issues are designated by the chief judge to hear them; (2) such cases are randomly assigned to the district court judges, regardless of whether they are designated; (3) a judge not designated to whom such a case is assigned may decline to accept the case; and (4) a case so declined is randomly reassigned to one of those judges so designated.
Title
A bill to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
Sponsors
| Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Same As/Similar To
HB628 (Same As) 2011-01-04 - Became Public Law No: 111-349.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/299/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s299/BILLS-111s299is.pdf |
