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S 708 119th Congress Senate Commerce

RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 25, 2025
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 or the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025

This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption for injunctive relief in patent infringement cases. Specifically, if a court enters a final judgment finding infringement of a right secured by patent, the patent owner shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the court should grant a permanent injunction with respect to that infringing conduct.

(In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court held in eBay v. MercExchange that patent holders do not have an automatic right to a permanent injunction in a patent infringement case.)

What's happening now February 25, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1574 Identical bill RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 113

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • MEDTRONIC, INC.
    for MEDTRONIC INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • SIIA
    for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • APPLE INC.
    for APPLE INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC
    for CISCO SYSTEMS INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
    for QUALCOMM INCORPORATED · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT)
    for BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 25, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 708: RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-708/
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"S. 708: RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-708/.
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S. 708, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-708/.
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[S. 708: RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-708/)
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