US: Missouri takes on patent trolls (Competition Policy International)

Missouri has reportedly passed new legislation aimed at curbing anticompetitive abuses by patent trolls.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed the new bill into law last week in efforts to protect the state’s consumers and businesses from patent assertion entities. The law bans bat faith assertions of patent lawsuits.

The bill reportedly creates …read more

Source: Global Competition Law Blogs

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@misc{21st-century-competition2014, author = {21st Century Competition}, title = {{US: Missouri takes on patent trolls (Competition Policy International)}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/07/us-missouri-takes-on-patent-trolls-competition-policy-international/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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