S 440 116th Congress Senate Commerce Civil actions and liability Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Federal-Indian relations Government liability Intellectual property Jurisdiction and venue Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

PACED Act

Introduced: February 12, 2019 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

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Jun 28, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.

Jun 28, 2019

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Jun 27, 2019

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Feb 12, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 12, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs Act or the PACED Act

This bill prohibits patent owners from asserting tribal sovereign immunity as a defense in certain proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including patent validity challenge proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The prohibition also applies to court actions and proceedings before the International Trade Commission.

Sovereign immunity for foreign states shall apply in the PTAB as it applies in federal court. The abrogation of sovereign immunity shall not apply to states or institutions of higher education (i.e., public state universities and institutions).

What's happening now June 28, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.

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