119th Congress
H.R. 1574
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Nathaniel Moran(R-TX)
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Policy area
- Commerce
- Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (5)
Original cosponsors (3)
- Chip Roy (R-TX)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Added later (2)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Feb 26, 2025
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · Oct 8, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 or the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption for injunctive relief in patent infringement cases. Specifically, if a 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.
(In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court held in eBay v. MercExchange that patent holders do not have an automatic right to a permanent injunction in a patent infringement case.)
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 25, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - Feb 25, 2025
Introduced in House