S 2846
114th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Business education
Intellectual property
Small business
Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2016
By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-419.
May 24, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483.
May 24, 2016
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report.
May 11, 2016
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 25, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Apr 25, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016
(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Small Business Administration to develop partnership agreements that arrange for:
- development of high-quality training for small businesses related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property,
- leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small businesses, and
- participation of a nongovernmental organization.
These agreements must also arrange for training:
- through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars, and at physical locations, including a small business development center; and
- the headquarters or a regional office of the United States Patent and Trade Office.
(Sec. 5) The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at a small business development center to include training in person or through a website relating to:
- domestic and international intellectual property protections, and
- how those protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small businesses.
What's happening now
By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-419.
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