Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 19.350 · 5 active provisions
The legislature finds that abusive patent litigation, and especially the assertion of bad faith infringement claims, can harm Washington's economy. A person or business that receives a demand asserting such claims faces the threat of expensive and protracted litigation and may determine that it has no choice but to set…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Assertion of patent infringement" means:(a) Sending or delivering a demand to a target;(b) Threatening a target with litigation asserting, alleging, or claiming that the target has engaged in patent infringe…
(1) A person may not make assertions of patent infringement in bad faith.(2) A court may consider the following nonexclusive factors as evidence that a person has made an assertion of patent infringement in bad faith:(a) The demand does not contain:(i) The patent number or numbers issued by the United States patent off…
The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, or as parens patriae on behalf of persons residing in the state, to enforce this chapter. For actions brought by the attorney general to enforce the provisions of this section, the legislature finds that the practices covered by this section are matters…
This chapter may be known and cited as the "patent troll prevention act."