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SD Code › Title 37 › Chapter 36 › Section 37-36-1

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Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Demand letter," any letter, e-mail, or other communication asserting or claiming that the target has engaged in patent infringement;

(2) "Target," any person:

(a) Who receives a demand letter or against whom an assertion or allegation of patent infringement is made;

(b) Who is threatened with litigation or against whom a lawsuit is filed alleging patent infringement; or

(c) Whose customer receives a demand letter asserting that the person's product, service, or technology infringes a patent.

Source: SL 2014, ch 192, § 1.

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