MD SB65 | 2017 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-25 - Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibiting a person from making specified assertions of copyright infringement in bad faith; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made an assertion of copyright infringement in bad faith or in good faith; altering the authority of the Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc.

Title

Commercial Law - Copyright Infringement - Assertions Made in Bad Faith

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-25	Senate	Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-11	Senate	First Reading Finance
2016-10-17	Senate	Pre-filed

Subjects

Attorney General
Civil Actions
Commercial Law - Generally
Consumer Protection
Copyright
Courts
Damages
Registration

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0065?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0065f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0005/sb0065.pdf