Sentences with phrase «lawsuits upon businesses»
This act is a simple, important change that would help deter patent trolls from bringing egregious lawsuits upon businesses and innovators.
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In terms of patent preemption, the Federal Circuit has determined that in order for any state law tort claim (e.g., tortious interference, unfair business practices, etc.) to exist against a patent asserter, the assertion of the patent upon the potentially infringing party must be «objectively baseless» — which essentially means that a reasonable person would not have believed that they would have had a chance of a positive outcome in a lawsuit.