To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
Committees
House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Bill Summary
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.
To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
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.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment
Vote Type
2/3 RECORDED VOTE
Result
Passed
Description
An act to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges