Section 416.650 – Definitions
Effective – 28 Aug 2014 416.650. Definitions — For purposes of sections 416.650 to 416.658, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Demand letter”, a letter, email, or other communication asserting or claiming that a target has engaged in patent infringement, but shall not include a petition filed in a court of appropriate jurisdiction; (2) “Target”, […]
Section 416.652 – Demand letters, no bad faith assertions of patent infringement — factors court may consider.
Effective – 28 Aug 2014 416.652. Demand letters, no bad faith assertions of patent infringement — factors court may consider. — 1. No person shall make a bad faith assertion of patent infringement in a demand letter. 2. A court may consider the following factors as evidence that a person has made a bad faith […]
Section 416.654 – Cause of action available to targets of bad faith assertions.
Effective – 28 Aug 2014 416.654. Cause of action available to targets of bad faith assertions. — If one or more persons or entities believe they have been a target of a bad faith assertion of patent infringement in a demand letter, those persons or entities shall have a private right to a cause of […]
Section 416.656 – Attorney general’s authority — awards credited to antitrust revolving fund, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 2014 416.656. Attorney general’s authority — awards credited to antitrust revolving fund, when. — 1. The attorney general’s authority under this chapter to investigate, restrain, and prosecute civil actions under the Missouri antitrust law shall apply to investigating and prosecuting actions under sections 416.650 to 416.658. 2. In an action brought […]
Section 416.658 – Other remedies not limited — inapplicability of act, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 2014 416.658. Other remedies not limited — inapplicability of act, when. — 1. Sections 416.650 to 416.658 shall not be construed to limit the rights or remedies available to any person or the state under any other law with regard to conduct involving assertions of patent infringement provided that it shall […]