Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 416

Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies

←416.652

Section 416.654.1

416.656→

August 28, 2015

Cause of action available to targets of bad faith assertions.

416.654. If one or more persons or entities believe they have been a

target of a bad faith assertion of patent infringement in a demand letter,

those persons or entities shall have a private right to a cause of action

as follows:



(1) An action based on a violation or violations of section 416.652

to enjoin such violation or violations;



(2) An action based on a violation or violations of section 416.652

to recover actual monetary loss from such a violation or violations, or to

receive ten thousand dollars in damages for each such violation, whichever

is greater; and



(3) Upon any successful action under this section to recover their

attorney's fees.



(L. 2014 S.B. 706)







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