SB 2787 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; repeal repealer on.

SB 2787 prohibits businesses from sending patent infringement claims without a reasonable basis, such as falsely threatening lawsuits or claiming infringement on invalid patents. It allows affected companies to sue for attorney fees, actual damages, and up to three times the damages if they win. The Mississippi Attorney General can enforce these rules to stop unfounded patent threats against businesses. This law targets tactics that harass companies with baseless legal claims, directly protecting commercial entities receiving such communications.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Passed the upper Current version · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill title was updated to reflect its current status as sent to the Governor rather than passed by the Senate. The effective date of the legislation was changed from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2025, which is a significant four-year delay in when the new laws prohibiting bad faith patent assertions will take effect.
Scope change
The substantive scope of the bill remains unchanged; only the effective date was modified.
TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2025, delaying implementation of the bad faith patent assertion prohibitions by four years.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'As Passed the Senate' to 'As Sent to Governor' to reflect its current legislative status.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2025 · House Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

510
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 5, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican35
35 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
executive
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Concurred in Amend From House
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed As Amended
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Referred To Judiciary A
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Judiciary, Division A
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brice Wiggins
Brice Wiggins
RRepublican
MS
52