A bill to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jan 22, 2009)
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.
What just happenedJan 22, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Jan 22, 2009IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 22, 2009IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate