{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221022702/http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=4ea0e4e0-48fc-4d90-826a-73bd91126ca4", "Cornyn Praises Passage of House Patent Bill", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "DALLAS\u2014U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the\u00a0Innovation Act, a bill to reduce abusive patent litigation.\u00a0 Sen. Cornyn introduced the\u00a0Patent Abuse Reduction Act\u00a0in the Senate earlier this year.  \n\u201cAbusive patent litigation poses a direct threat to Texas innovators and job-creators, and I applaud the House for passing a bipartisan bill to curb lawsuits that are causing serious harm to our economy.\n\u201cRepublicans and Democrats\u00a0both recognize the depth of the problem, and I look forward to taking up this debate in the Senate. \u00a0\n\u201cWe must work to pass a bill that will bring fairness to our patent system by deterring so-called \u2018patent trolls\u2019 looking for a quick payout, while protecting the rights of responsible intellectual property holders.\u201d\nBackground on Sen. Cornyn\u2019s Patent Abuse Reduction Act\nAbusive patent litigation, exemplified by a growing number of \u201cpatent trolls,\u201d threatens the innovation patents were created to protect. Patent litigation abuse saddles American innovators and job-creators, from start-ups to our nation\u2019s largest employers, with expensive litigation. It directs resources away from research, development, wages and economic growth.\nThe\u00a0Patent Abuse Reduction Act\u00a0will modernize patent litigation and protect innovators unfairly targeted by abusive patent litigation. The bill would require plaintiffs to disclose the substance of their claims and reveal their identities when they file their lawsuit; allow defendants to hale into court interested parties; bring fairness to the discovery process; and shift responsibility for the cost of litigation to the losing party.\u00a0These reforms will deter patent litigation abusers without prejudicing the rights of responsible intellectual property holders.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221022702/http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=4ea0e4e0-48fc-4d90-826a-73bd91126ca4"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1031589712947607, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}