H 4371 General Bill, By Finlay
Summary: Patents
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 15-75-70 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON IN THIS STATE, IN REGARD TO PATENT OWNERSHIP AND POTENTIAL PATENT INFRINGEMENT, MAY INTENTIONALLY INTERFERE WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS OF ANOTHER PERSON OR INTENTIONALLY INTERFERE WITH THE PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS OF ANOTHER PERSON, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON AGGRIEVED BY ANOTHER PERSON'S INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH HIS EXISTING CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS OR WITH HIS PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS HAS A CAUSE OF ACTION IN BOTH INSTANCES AGAINST THAT PERSON, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELEMENTS OF EACH CAUSE OF ACTION AND THE DAMAGES WHICH MAY ENSUE.
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12/03/13	House	Prefiled
12/03/13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/14/14	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 52)
01/14/14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 52)
03/20/14	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 10)
03/26/14	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-1-14 (House Journal-page 56)
04/02/14	House	Amended (House Journal-page 46)
04/02/14	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 46)
04/02/14	House	Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 50)
04/03/14	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 13)
04/03/14	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
04/03/14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 9)
04/04/14	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Gregory (ch), Young, Kimpson
05/21/14	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 16)
05/22/14		Scrivener's error corrected