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H.R. 1718 (100th)

Patent Equity Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

19 March 1987

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Clean Bill H.R.1931 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.

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Summary

Patent Equity Act - Title I: Patented Process - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States. Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Limits damages for unknowing infringement to reasonable royalties. Makes this provision effective prospectively only. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to the Congress for five years on the effect of this provision on the importation of manufacturing ingredients in certain domestic industries.

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