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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 25, 2017
Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to enter into a partnership agreement to:
develop high-quality training for small business concerns related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property and how such protections should be considered in small business concerns' business plans and growth strategies, and
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leverage existing training materials already developed to educate inventors and small business concerns.
Such training may be provided by the SBA, the USPTO, or SBA development centers (SBDCs): (1) through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars, and (2) at physical locations, including an SBDC or the headquarters or regional office of the USPTO.
The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at an SBDC to include training, developed by the SBA and the USPTO, in person or through a website relating to: (1) domestic and international intellectual property protections, and (2) how such protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small business concerns.
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Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2] · D–PA
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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6030-6031)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6030-6031)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2655.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6030-6032)
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 547.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
House Committee on the Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 31, 2018.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-660, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-660, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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