1st Sub.
H.B.
117
PATENT INFRINGEMENT AMENDMENTS
House Floor
Amendments
Amendment 2 February 28, 2014 4:45 PM
Representative Ronda Rudd Menlove
proposes the following amendments:
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4, Lines 90 through 100
House Committee Amendments
2-21-2014
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(d) The person makes a substantial investment in the use of the patent or in the
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production or sale of a product or item covered by the patent.
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(e) The person is:
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(i) the inventor or joint inventor of the patent or, in the case of a patent filed by and
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awarded to an assignee of the original inventor or joint inventor, is the original assignee; or
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(ii) an institution of higher education or a technology transfer organization owned or
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affiliated with an institution of higher education.
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(f) The person has:
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(i) demonstrated good faith business practices in previous efforts to enforce the patent,
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or a substantially similar patent; or
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(ii) successfully enforced the patent, or a substantially similar patent, through litigation.
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