ETHIC Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2276 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2276 To address patent thickets. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 15, 2025 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Hawley, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To address patent thickets. 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 ``Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition Act'' or the ``ETHIC Act''. SEC. 2. ADDRESSING PATENT THICKETS. (a) Limit on Number of Patents Per Patent Group That May Be Asserted in Action for Infringement.--Section 271(e) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(7)(A) A person who brings an action for infringement of a patent under this section against a party described in subparagraph (B) may assert in the actio…