CLEAR Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7140 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7140 To protect main street retailers and end users in secondary patent actions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2026 Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect main street retailers and end users in secondary patent actions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Customer Legal Ease and Relief Act'' or the ``CLEAR Act''. SEC. 2. STAY OF ACTION AGAINST RETAILER OR END USER. (a) Amendment.--Chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 299A. Stay of action against retailer or end user ``(a) Entry of Stay.--In a civil action in which a party…