Bill Commons

NY A 380

in committee

Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 380 pass?

Not yet. NY A 380 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 380 about?

Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement where the person making the assertion is not engaging, has not engaged or attempted to engage, or does not intend to engage in the bona fide use of the patent in the production, development, licensing or commercialization of goods or services.

Who sponsors NY A 380?

Clyde Vanel is the primary sponsor of NY A 380.

Description

Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement where the person making the assertion is not engaging, has not engaged or attempted to engage, or does not intend to engage in the bona fide use of the patent in the production, development, licensing or commercialization of goods or services.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clyde Vanelprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10707not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A380?summary=&detail=

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