{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.654","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.654","heading":"Cause of action available to targets of bad faith assertions.","body":"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:\n(1) An action based on a violation or violations of section 416.652 to enjoin such violation or violations;\n(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\n(3) Upon any successful action under this section to recover their attorney's fees.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=416.654","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"7ae024deffd5c4765902dfa58c71b5759b9c0ffedaefe3e0a694374b2230d77d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.652","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.656"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}