Illinois Senate Bill 2887 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act in relation to patent infringement claims. Provides that it is unlawful to make bad faith patent claims rather than to issue unfair or deceptive patent infringement demand letters. Defines terms. Provides that a target of a bad faith patent claim may obtain equitable relief, damages, costs, attorney's fees, and punitive damages. Provides that a target may seek to require the person making the patent infringement claim to post a bond. Sets forth criteria for determining whether a claim is a bad faith claim. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action to enjoin violations.

CONS FRAUD-PATENT-BAD FAITH

Sen. Ira Silverstein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2016-04-08	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 22, 2016
2016-04-06	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2016-03-16	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2016-03-09	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2016-03-02	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2016-02-18	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-02-18	Senate	First Reading
2016-02-18	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
815	505	2SSS	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2887&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2887.htm