States Try To Prohibit Bad-Faith Patent Infringement Claims

Law360, New York (June 18, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT) -- In addition to some states' fighting patent assertion entities through consumer protection laws, an increasing number of states are taking steps to legislate against what they believe is an abusive and unfair business practice, by introducing legislation to prohibit the bad-faith assertion of a patent infringement claim without first conducting appropriate due diligence. The following briefly describes the current status of various states' legislation efforts....

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