{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-41.1-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-41.1-5","heading":"Bond.","body":"Upon motion by a target and a finding by the court that a target has established a reasonable likelihood that a person has made a bad-faith assertion of patent infringement in violation of this chapter, the court shall require the person to post a bond in an amount equal to a good-faith estimate of the target’s costs to litigate the claim and amounts reasonably likely to be recovered under § 6-41.1-6(b), conditioned upon payment of any amounts finally determined to be due to the target. A hearing shall be held if either party so requests. A bond ordered pursuant to this section shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). The court may waive the bond requirement if it finds the person has available assets equal to the amount of the proposed bond or for other good cause shown.","path":["Title 6 Commercial Law — General Regulatory Provisions","Chapter 41.1 Patent Infringement"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6/6-41.1/6-41.1-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:25:29Z","sha256":"007cb8faad9aab241b6723ba87b3d453ef9495b6cb2febbfe3929ff9f2e31094","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-41.1-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-41.1-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}