{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.954","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.954","heading":"CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.","body":"This subchapter may not be construed to:\n(1) limit rights and remedies available to the state or another person under any other law;\n(2) alter or restrict the attorney general's authority under other law with regard to conduct involving claims of patent infringement; or\n(3) prohibit a person who owns or has a right to license or enforce a patent from:\n(A) notifying others of the person's ownership or right;\n(B) offering the patent to others for license or sale;\n(C) notifying any person of the person's infringement of the patent as provided by 35 U.S.C. Section 287; or\n(D) seeking compensation for past or present infringement of the patent or for a license to the patent.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (S.B. 1457), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER L. BAD FAITH CLAIMS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.954","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"ef42f73a29c35e587b1693d320f0958344c9a78e5157495f8bbb1a3c048eacf0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.953","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.955"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}