On the recordMay 22, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1013 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 ``Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. PLEADING REQUIREMENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 281 the following: ``Sec. 281A. Pleading requirements for patent infringement actions ``In a civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, a party alleging infringement shall include in the initial complaint, counterclaim, or cross- claim for patent infringement-- ``(1) an identification of each patent allegedly infringed; ``(2) an identification of each claim of each patent identified under paragraph (1) that is allegedly infringed; ``(3) for each claim identified under paragraph (2), an identification of each accused apparatus, product, feature, device, method, system, process, function, act, service, or other instrumentality (referred to in this section as an `accused instrumentality') alleged to infringe the claim; ``(4) for each accused instrumentality identified under paragraph (3), an identification with particularity, if known, of-- ``(A) the name or model number of each accused instrumentality; and ``(B) the name of each…





