Bill Title: Establishes an affirmative defense for causes of actions related to violation of a patent, trademark or other intellectual property right on grounds that a party possessed or used seeds or plants that contained genetically engineered or genetically modified organisms without entering into an agreement or paying fees to the manufacturer or licensed distributor of such products.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-23 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [A02111 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember John McEneny [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-141	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Thomas Abinanti [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Boyland [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joan Millman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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