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Updated State Patent Legislation Guide
Patent Progress's Guide to State Patent Legislation is regularly updated at least once a week, so please check it regularly. (We're working on adding a notification system you can subscribe to.)
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18 States Now Have Laws to Try to Stop Patent Trolls
As of two days ago, Illinois became the 18th state with a law prohibiting bad faith assertions of patent infringement. (That is, fraudulent demand letters.) It seems that if Congress won't act, the s...
Patent Progress’s Guide to State Patent Reform Legislation
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States Acting Against Bad Faith Patent Infringement Assertions
(mouse over the state to see what action its legislature has taken)
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States Really Want Help With Patent Trolls
This past Friday, we launched our Guide to State Patent Reform Legislation. As of this writing, 10 states have passed laws against bad faith assertions of patent infringement, another 4 legislatures ...
States Are Getting Desperate to Do Something About Patent Trolls
As we’ve written before, it’s getting bad for small businesses — as David Balto pointed out yesterday, patent trolls are going after supermarkets, hotels, retailers, you name it.
At least one st...