35 U.S.C. § 290 — Notice of patent suits

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Court clerks must tell the Director about new patent lawsuits within one month. The notice must list the parties, the inventor, and the patent number. If a case adds another patent, the clerk must report that too. Clerks must also report the final decision within a month.

When someone files a patent lawsuit under this title, the clerk of that federal court has one month to notify the Director in writing. The notice must include, as far as the clerk knows, the names and addresses of the parties, the name of the inventor, and the number of the patent involved in the lawsuit. If the lawsuit later adds another patent, the clerk must send the Director the same kind of notice about that patent too. After the court decides the case or issues a judgment, the clerk again has one month to notify the Director. Whenever the Director receives one of these notices, the Director must add it to that patent's file.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The clerks of the courts of the United States, within one month after the filing of an action under this title shall give notice thereof in writing to the Director, setting forth so far as known the names and addresses of the parties, name of the inventor, and the designating number of the patent upon which the action has been brought. If any other patent is subsequently included in the action he shall give like notice thereof. Within one month after the decision is rendered or a judgment issued the clerk of the court shall give notice thereof to the Director. The Director shall, on receipt of such notices, enter the same in the file of such patent.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 814
1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-113 · 113 Stat. 1536, 1501
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1906

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 950 on 1952-07-19.

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