In Rhode Island Patent Dispute, Leave To Amend Denied

Mealey's (October 28, 2019, 1:19 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Efforts by the maker of an accused bathtub for newborns to add a claim of bad faith assertion of patent infringement in view of a recently enacted state law were denied Oct. 25 by a Rhode Island federal magistrate judge (Summer Infant USA Inc. v. TOMY International Inc., No. 17-549, D. R.I., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184765)....