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To Amend Title 35, United States Code, To Limit Damages And Other Remedies
H.R.2365, 05/17/2007
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This proposed bill is entitled “To Amend Title 35, United States Code, To Limit Damages And Other Remedies With Respect To Patents For Tax Planning Methods.” Rep. Rick Boucher (Va.) introduced this bill on the floor on May 17, 2007. Forty other congressmen co-sponsored this bill on patents.
Briefly, this piece of legislation prohibits a civil action and certain civil remedies against taxpayers or tax practitioners for infringement of a patent for tax planning methods.
The last major action made by the lower house was its referral to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
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Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Bridge Medical, Inc.
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc.
Quanta Computer, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
Nokia, Inc.
Sanyo North America Corp.
Scimed Life Systems Inc.
Smithkline Beecham Corp. (d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, plc.)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
HT Window Fashion Corp.
Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
Mylan Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Acumed, LLC
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Stryker Sales Corp.
Audiovox Communications Corp.
Stryker Orthopaedics
McKesson Information Solutions, Inc.
Eisai, Inc.
ExcelStor Technology, Ltd.
Sanofi-Aventis
Arrow International, Inc.
Zenith Electronics Corp.
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
ExcelStor Group Ltd.
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Cohesive Technologies, Inc.
PDI Communications Systems, Inc.
VISX, Inc.
ExcelStor Great Wall Technology Ltd.
Arthrex, Inc.
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
Waters Corp.
Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd.
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Shenzhen ExcelStor Technology Ltd.
Research Corp. Technologies Inc.
Polaris Industries, Inc.
OSRAM GmbH
Davison & Associates, Inc. d.b.a. Davison Design & Development, Inc.
Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG
Microsoft Corp.
VeriSign, Inc.
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.
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