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House Judiciary Chairman to Reintroduce Innovation Act Thursday

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., will reintroduce the Innovation Act at a news conference Thursday at 10 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn, said a committee news release Wednesday. The bill, which passed the House in 2013, is designed to reform…

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the “ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation,” it said. Goodlatte will be joined by House Judiciary IP Subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. A spokesman for House Judiciary Committee member Tom Marino, R-Pa., told us last week the bill is expected to be "virtually the same" as the 2013 version (HR-3309) (see 1501300052).