RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT LIMITING FALSE PATENT MARKING CLAIMS DID NOT VIOLATE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE

摘要

An amendment to the statute creating claims for false patent marking that permitted such claims to be brought only by the United States was rationally related to the legitimate legislative purpose of eliminating frivolous qui tam lawsuits. Thus, the retroactive application of the amended statute to pending cases did not violate the Due Process Clause. See Cloverleaf Golf Course, Inc. v. FMC Corp., 2012 WL 948263 (S.D. 111. 2012).