False Patent Marking. Litigation and Legislation

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Circuit courts.

Crime prevention.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2010

Summary:

Describes and analyzes 2009 Federal circuit court decision requiring a per-article penalty for false patent marking, and reviews two subsequent Federal circuit decisions in 2010 that respond to several questions that arose during recent false patent marking litigation. Examines legislation in the 111th Congress that would amend the Patent Act to retroactively end qui tam false marking suits and to reduce number of false marking suits filed in the future

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of CongressCongressional Research Service False Patent Marking

Publisher Number:

CRS-2010-AML-0407

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