S. 3923 · 109th Congress
A bill to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of…
Full title
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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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…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 21, 2006
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
Latest action (Sep 21, 2006): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 21, 2006
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.