Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2019

Summary

Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2019 This bill prohibits sending bad faith patent demand letters. A patent demand letter is a written communication claiming that the recipient may be liable for patent infringement. Bad faith means making knowingly false or misleading statements, making claims with reckless disregard for the truth, or omitting information with the intent to deceive. Bad faith representations include false or misleading claims about the sender's right to assert a patent and whether lawsuits have been filed. It also includes making written demands for compensation for invalid patents, or to demand compensation without identifying the ultimate parent entity of the letter sender. The sender shall have an affirmative defense that it acted in good faith, by proving its misstatements or omissions were unintentional and it made an error in spite of procedures to avoid such errors. The bill preempts state laws relating to patent assertion communications. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general may bring actions to enforce these provisions.

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Timeline

1. 3 January 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 January 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 January 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 25 January 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 3 January 2019 · Download file

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Sponsors

• Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2021
• related to ← STRONGER Patents Act of 2019
• related to ← STRONGER Patents Act of 2019
• related to ← Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2018