Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.654

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 416.654 - Cause of action available to targets of bad faith assertions

If one or more persons or entities believe they have been a target of a bad faith assertion of patent infringement in a demand letter, those persons or entities shall have a private right to a cause of action as follows:

(1) An action based on a violation or violations of section 416.652 to enjoin such violation or violations;
(2) An action based on a violation or violations of section 416.652 to recover actual monetary loss from such a violation or violations, or to receive ten thousand dollars in damages for each such violation, whichever is greater; and
(3) Upon any successful action under this section to recover their attorney's fees.

§ 416.654, RSMo

Added by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 706,s A, eff. 8/28/2014.