The Senate Civil Law Committee heard HB 1102, sponsored by Sen. Steele, on patent protection. This bill prohibits a person from asserting a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. It provides that a court may, upon motion, require a person to post a bond if the target establishes a reasonable likelihood that the person has made an assertion of patent infringement in bad faith. It also provides that a claim of patent infringement is not made in bad faith if certain conditions apply to the person making the claim. After testimony from representatives from Indiana University Intellectual Property Research and Technology and Purdue University requesting amendment, the bill was held for amendment.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/house/1102.