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On the recordDecember 5, 2013
I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 12, line 3, strike ``subsection (b)'' and insert ``subsections (b) and (c)''. Page 12, strike lines 14 through 25 and insert the following: ``(1) Timely resolution of actions.--In the case of an action under any provision of Federal law (including an action that includes a claim for relief arising under section 271(e)), for which resolution within a specified period of time of a civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents will necessarily affect the rights of a party with respect to the patent, the court shall permit discovery, in addition to the discovery authorized under subsection (a), before the ruling described in subsection (a) is issued as necessary to ensure timely resolution of the action.''. Page 13, insert after line 13 the following: ``(4) Actions seeking relief based on competitive harm.-- The limitation on discovery provided under subsection (a) shall not apply to an action seeking a preliminary injunction to redress harm arising from the use, sale, or offer for sale of any allegedly infringing instrumentality that competes with a product sold or offered for sale, or a process used in manufacture, by a party alleging infringement.…
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia
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Dec 5, 2013

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