[Press Release] House Passes Innovation Act to Make Reforms to our Patent System

(This is from a press release from the House Judiciary Committee. Sorry if the text formatting is bad; I don't see the release online yet.)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2013

House Passes Innovation Act to Make Reforms to our Patent System

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 325-91. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.