{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://rohrabacher.house.gov/press-release/rohrabacher-speaks-out-against-phony-patent-%E2%80%98reform%E2%80%99", "Rohrabacher Speaks Out Against Phony Patent \u2018Reform\u2019", "2013-11-15", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Dana Rohrabacher", "R000409", "rohrabacher.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has declared his vigorous opposition to efforts being proposed in the House Judiciary Committee that would disadvantage America\u2019s small inventors. \u201cIn and of itself,\u201d the congressman said Thursday in a speech before the House of Representatives, \u201cthis legislation is too broad, its implications too unclear, and its effects unknowable.\u201d\nThe \u201cInnovation Act,\u201d H.R. 3309, said Rep. Rohrabacher, \u201cdisadvantages the little guy against deep-pocket multi-national corporations, in the guise of targeting so-called \u2018patent trolls.\u2019\u201d The term refers to purchasers of patents who then search for potential infringements and defend their intellectual property rights.\n\u201cProponents of this legislation,\u201d continued the congressman, who represents coastal Orange County, CA, \u201care covering the fact they have stolen someone else\u2019s patent rights, and now want to change the system so they can get away with it. A recent study mandated by Congress showed that this much heralded \u2018problem\u2019 isn\u2019t a major driver of lawsuits and has not caused a surge of new lawsuits.\u201d\nThe legislative effort to correct this so-called problem contended the congressman, actually creates more hurdles for small inventors and \u2013 contrary to the bill\u2019s identifier \u2013 frustrates further innovation in a U.S. economy that desperately needs to recover its dynamism.\n\u201cMost of the provisions in the legislation they will pass through committee,\u201d said Rep. Rohrabacher, \u201cwill make it much more complicated, costly, and challenging to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement, rather than making it simpler, cheaper, and easier to defend against baseless accusations of infringement.\n\u201cIn addition, under the claim of \u2018technical correction,\u2019 this legislation proposes the removal of the patent system\u2019s only independent judicial review process, Section 145 of Title 35. If this passes, inventors who are not satisfied with the patent office administrative processes will have no recourse. This safeguard of independent judicial review has been American law since 1836, and last year the Supreme Court \u2026 reaffirmed the importance of t his provision.\n\u201cNow the Patent Office has requested that judicial review be done away with because it is burdensome to them to defend their actions in court. The Patent Office wants to strip away the rights of Americans because it is inconvenient for their bureaucracy.\n\u201cThe legislation going before the Judiciary Committee here in the House on Wednesday, Nov. 20, is consistent with the decades-long war being waged on America\u2019s independent inventors.\u201d\n###", 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": ["http://rohrabacher.house.gov/press-release/rohrabacher-speaks-out-against-phony-patent-%E2%80%98reform%E2%80%99"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6501969657838345, "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"}