House Bill 194
Prohibits bad faith patent infringement claims
To enact sections 2307.66 and 2307.67 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from engaging in the widespread sending of bad faith, objectively baseless communications of patent infringement and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and institute a civil action if the Attorney General believes a person has made such assertions of patent infringement.
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Subjects
Committees
House Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Kristina Roegner
Cosponsors
Representatives
John Becker
Louis W. Blessing III
Tim W. Brown
Ron Hood
Steven W. Kraus
Mark J. Romanchuk
Lou Terhar
A. Nino Vitale
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