Patents: Related Laws

U.S.

• U.S. Code > Title 35 - Patents
• U.S. Code > Title 35 > Part I > Chapter 4 - Patent Fees; Funding; Search Systems

California

• California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 8 > Chapter 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts

Florida

• Florida Statutes > Chapter 501 > Part VII - Patent Troll Prevention Act

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 48 > Chapter 17 - Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

Indiana

• Indiana Code > Title 24 > Article 11 - Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

Maine

• Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1921 - Maine Patent Program

Michigan

• Michigan Laws > Chapter 446 > Act 550 of 2016 - Bad-Faith Patent Infringement Claims Act

Minnesota

• Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 325A - Invention Services

Nebraska

• Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 87 > Invention Development Services Disclosure Act

New York

• New York Laws > General Business > Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration

North Carolina

• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 10A - Inventions Developed by Employee
• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 66 > Article 29 - Invention Development Services
• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 8 - Abusive Patent Assertions

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 6-41.1 - Patent Infringement

South Carolina

• South Carolina Code > Title 39 > Chapter 4 - Abusive Assertions Relating to Intellectual Property

South Dakota

• South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 37 > Chapter 36 - Bad Faith Assertion of Patent Infringement

Tennessee

• Tennessee Code > Title 29 > Chapter 10 - Patent Infringement Actions

Texas

• Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 254 - Note or Lien Identifying a Patent Right
• Texas Vernon's Civil Statutes 5414a - Validating Patents On Lands Lying Across or Partly Across Water Courses or Navigable Streams
• Texas Vernon's Civil Statutes 5414a-1 - Validating Deeds of Acquittance On Lands Lying Across or Partly Across Water Courses or Navigable Streams
• Texas Vernon's Civil Statutes 5414c - Effect of Judgment in Action to Recover Abandoned Land Titled Before Adoption of Common Law

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 9 > Chapter 120 - Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 59.1 > Chapter 18 - Regulation of Invention Development Services
• Virginia Code > Title 59.1 > Chapter 18.1 - Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement