H.R. 34 · 110th Congress
To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise…
Full title
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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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 110th Congress ended.
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- House Introduced Jan 4, 2007
- House Passed Feb 12, 2007
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 · Passed House without amendment · Feb 12, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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: To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
Latest action (Feb 13, 2007): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 4, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Jan 4, 2007
- House Passed Feb 12, 2007
No recorded floor vote found.