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Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
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H. R. 2655 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 547

115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2655

[Report No. 115–660, Part I]


To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 25, 2017

Mr. Evans introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

May 1, 2018

Reported from the Committee on Small Business

May 1, 2018

Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not later than May 31, 2018

May 29, 2018

Additional sponsor: Mr. Fitzpatrick

May 29, 2018

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, 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 “Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Definitions.

In this Act—

(1) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the SBA;

(2) the term “Director” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO;

(3) the term “SBA” means the Small Business Administration;

(4) the term “small business concern” has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a));

(5) the term “small business development center” means a center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648); and

(6) the term “USPTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

SEC. 3. Findings.

Congress finds that—

(1) the USPTO and the SBA are positioned to—

(A) build upon several successful intellectual property and training programs aimed at small business concerns; and

(B) increase the availability of and the participation in those programs across the United States; and

(2) any education and training program administered by the USPTO and the SBA should be scalable so that the program is able to reach more small business concerns.

SEC. 4. SBA and USPTO partnerships.

(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Director shall enter into a partnership agreement under which the Administrator and Director shall—

(1) develop high-quality training, including in-person or modular training sessions, for small business concerns relating to—

(A) domestic and international protection of intellectual property; and

(B) how such protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of the small business concerns; and

(2) leverage existing training materials already developed to educate inventors and small business concerns.

(b) Training.—The training developed under subsection (a) may be provided by the Administrator, the Director, or small business development centers established under section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648)—

(1) through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars; and

(2) at physical locations, including at—

(A) a small business development center; or

(B) the headquarters or a regional office of the USPTO.

SEC. 5. Small Business Development Centers.

Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (S), by striking “and” at the end;

(2) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(U) training developed by the Administrator and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which may be delivered in person or through a website to small business concerns relating to—

“(i) domestic and international intellectual property protections; and

“(ii) how such protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of the small business concerns.”.

Union Calendar No. 547

115th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 2655
[Report No. 115–660, Part I]
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes.
May 29, 2018
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed