H.R. 1574 · 119th Congress
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
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MoranSponsor5 cosponsors · 4 D, 1 R
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Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 or the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2025
Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 or the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption for injunctive relief in patent infringement cases. Specifically, if a court enters a final judgment finding infringement of a right secured by patent, the patent owner shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the court should grant a permanent injunction with respect to that infringing conduct.
(In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court held in eBay v. MercExchange that patent holders do not have an automatic right to a permanent injunction in a patent infringement case.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
Also known as: Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025
Latest action (Feb 25, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 25, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.