HR 7140 · 119th Congress

CLEAR Act

The CLEAR Act protects small retailers and everyday customers from being sued over patent violations. Here's the basic idea: when someone invents something and gets a patent, they can sue companies that infringe on that patent. But this bill says that if a manufacturer is already being sued over a product, the retai…

Sponsor

Lee, Laurel M. (R-Florida)

Introduced

2026-01-16

Policy area

Commerce

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.