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Title

09

:
Commerce and Trade






Chapter

120

:
BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT











 

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4196. Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) "Demand

letter" means a letter, e-mail, or other communication asserting or

claiming that the target has engaged in patent infringement.

(2)

"Target" means a Vermont person:

(A) who has

received a demand letter or against whom an assertion or allegation of patent

infringement has been made;

(B) who has been

threatened with litigation or against whom a lawsuit has been filed alleging

patent infringement; or

(C) whose

customers have received a demand letter asserting that the person's product,

service, or technology has infringed a patent. (Added 2013, No. 44, § 6; 2013,

No. 47, § 2, eff. May 24, 2013.)