S 708
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill aims to restore a historical practice in patent law by establishing a rebuttable presumption that a permanent injunction should be granted when a court finds patent infringement. The bill seeks to address recent court decisions that have weakened patent holders’ ability to obtain injunctions, particularly in cases of ongoing or willful infringement. It intends to incentivize patent owners to actively pursue remedies against infringement and prevent potential predatory behavior.
Key provisions
- Establishes a rebuttable presumption for permanent injunctions in patent infringement cases.
- Specifically applies to final judgments finding patent infringement.
- Addresses recent court decisions that have reduced patent holders’ ability to obtain injunctions.
- Aims to restore the traditional equitable remedy of an injunction.
- Focuses on preventing continuing or willful infringement.
- The presumption is rebuttable, meaning it can be challenged by the defendant.
- Relates to Section 283 of Title 35, United States Code.
Who is affected
- Patent Owners
- Patent Infringers
- Courts
- The Innovation Economy
- Startups and Small Businesses
Notable changes
- Reinstates a rebuttable presumption for injunctive relief in patent infringement cases.
- Counters recent court decisions that have limited patent holders’ ability to obtain injunctions.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 708
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a permanent injunction should be granted in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
or the
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Congress finds the following:
Securing effective and reliable patent protection for new technologies is critical to maintaining the competitive advantage of the United States in the global innovation economy.
The Constitution of the United States empowers Congress to grant inventors the exclusive Right
to their inventions in order to promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts
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The right to prevent others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing a patented invention without authority from the inventor is the core of the patent right, ensuring that an inventor enjoys, for a limited time, the sole benefit of the inventor’s invention or discovery.
Congress and the courts of the United States have long secured the constitutionally protected patent right through the traditional equitable remedy of an injunction.
Given the irreparable harm that is caused by multiple acts of infringement or willful infringement of a patent, courts historically presumed that an injunction should be granted to prevent such acts, with a burden on defendants to rebut such a presumption with standard equitable defenses.
Recently, courts have ended the approach described in paragraph (5), which contradicts the traditional, historical practice governing the equitable remedy described in that paragraph.
Eliminating the traditional, historical equitable practice of applying a rebuttable presumption of injunctive relief in the case of continuing acts of infringement or willful infringement of a patent has—
substantially reduced the ability of patent owners to obtain injunctions to stop continuing or willful infringement of patents; and
created incentives for large, multinational companies to commit predatory acts of infringement, especially with respect to patents owned by undercapitalized entities, such as individual inventors, institutions of higher education, startups, and small or medium-sized enterprises.
Section 283 of title 35, United States Code, is amended—
by striking The several
and inserting the following:
The several
by adding at the end the following:
If, in a case under this title, the court enters a final judgment finding infringement of a right secured by patent, the patent owner shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the court should grant a permanent injunction with respect to that infringing conduct.