S 3772
117th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Defending American Courts Act
Introduced: March 8, 2022
Introduced by:
Tillis, Thomas
Republican
· North Carolina
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Defending American Courts Act
This bill imposes limitations relating to a person (i.e., individual or entity) that seeks to use an injunction from a foreign tribunal to restrict a patent infringement claim in the United States.
For example, if the person asserting such a foreign injunction has been found liable for patent infringement in a U.S. court, that court shall, with certain exceptions, make specified presumptions that generally increase the likelihood of the court (1) increasing the damages awarded in the case, and (2) awarding attorney fees to the patent owner.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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