Maryland Senate Bill 585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Passed on May 5 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-05 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from making specified assertions of patent infringement in bad faith; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made an assertion of patent infringement in bad faith or in good faith; authorizing specified individuals to bring an action in a specified court to recover for injuries or losses sustained as a result of a violation of the Act; authorizing a court to award damages and remedies under specified circumstances; specifying an exception; etc.

Commercial Law - Patent Infringement - Assertions Made in Bad Faith

Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. David Brinkley [R]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Barry Glassman [R]
Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Allan Kittleman [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]
Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]

2014-04-03 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-03-27 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-03-06 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-05	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307
2014-04-08	Senate	Returned Passed
2014-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2014-04-07	House	House Recede
2014-04-07	House	Motion Recede (Delegate Davis) Adopted
2014-04-04	Senate	Senators Astle, Pugh, and Kittleman
2014-04-04	Senate	Conference Committee Appointed
2014-04-04	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2014-04-04	Senate	Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
2014-04-03	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
2014-04-02	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2014-04-02	House	Favorable with Amendments {253799/1 Report Adopted
2014-04-02	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2014-03-07	House	First Reading Economic Matters
2014-03-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2014-03-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2014-03-04	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {537679/1 Report Adopted
2014-03-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2014-02-19	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-30	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0585?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0585f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0585t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/Chapters_noln/CH_307_sb0585t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0585_53767901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0585_25379901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0005/sb0585.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0585_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0585_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/ag_letters/sb0585.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0585,s-0434&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0585,h-1016&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0585,h-1360&stab=02&ys=2014RS