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:

1.    Page 4, Lines 90 through 100
    House Committee Amendments
    2-21-2014 :
    

             90          H.
{   [   } (d) The person makes a substantial investment in the use of the patent or in the

             91      production or sale of a product or item covered by the patent.
             92          (e) The person is:
             93          (i) the inventor or joint inventor of the patent or, in the case of a patent filed by and
             94      awarded to an assignee of the original inventor or joint inventor, is the original assignee; or
             95          (ii) an institution of higher education or a technology transfer organization owned or
             96      affiliated with an institution of higher education.
             97          (f) The person has:
             98          (i) demonstrated good faith business practices in previous efforts to enforce the patent,
             99      or a substantially similar patent; or
             100          (ii) successfully enforced the patent, or a substantially similar patent, through litigation.
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