Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 4954 (111th)

To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide recourse under the patent law for persons who suffer competitive injury as a result of false markings.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 March 2010

Last action

25 March 2010 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3], Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2], Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 April 2025

Summary

Amends federal patent law to revise the authorization of civil suits to collect one-half of the $500 penalty for false marking. Limits the right to file a civil action in a U.S. district court to persons who have suffered a competitive injury as a result of a violation of the prohibition against false marking. (Thus repeals the right of any person to sue for the penalty.) Allows a person who has suffered a competitive injury to file a civil action to recover damages adequate to compensate for the injury. (Current law allows any person to collect up to one-half of $500 for every such offense.)

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 25 March 2010

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 March 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 March 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 25 March 2010

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 25 March 2010

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 25 March 2010

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.