Assembly Bill A380

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A380 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 24-E §§376 - 379, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10707

2025-A380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement where the person making the assertion is not engaging, has not engaged or attempted to engage, or does not intend to engage in the bona fide use of the patent in the production, development, licensing or commercialization of goods or services.

2025-A380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    380
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting bad
   faith assertions of patent infringement
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 24-E to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 24-E
                BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT
 SECTION 376. DEFINITIONS.
         377. BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT PROHIBITED.
         378. PENALTIES.
         379. SEVERABILITY.
   § 376. DEFINITIONS. THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   1.  "DEMAND"  OR  "ASSERTION"  SHALL  MEAN  A LETTER, E-MAIL, OR OTHER
 COMMUNICATION ASSERTING OR CLAIMING  THAT  THE  TARGET  HAS  ENGAGED  IN
 PATENT INFRINGEMENT.
   2. "TARGET" SHALL MEAN A NEW YORK RESIDENT:
   (A)  WHO  HAS RECEIVED A DEMAND LETTER OR AGAINST WHOM AN ASSERTION OR
 ALLEGATION OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE;
   (B) WHO HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH LITIGATION OR AGAINST WHOM A  LAWSUIT
 HAS BEEN FILED ALLEGING PATENT INFRINGEMENT; OR
   (C)  WHOSE  CUSTOMERS HAVE RECEIVED A DEMAND LETTER ASSERTING THAT THE
 PERSON'S PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY HAS INFRINGED ON A PATENT.
   § 377. BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT  PROHIBITED.  1.  A
 PERSON SHALL NOT MAKE A BAD FAITH ASSERTION OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT.
   2.  (A)  AN  ASSERTION OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT IS PRESUMPTIVELY MADE IN
 BAD FAITH WHEN THE PERSON MAKING THE ASSERTION (I) IS NOT ENGAGING, (II)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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