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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="11-1601" title_number="11" title_name="Trade Regulation" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Claim” means the scope of the patent owner’s exclusive rights to the use and control of the patent owner’s invention.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Demand letter” means a letter, an electronic mail, or any other written communication asserting that a person has engaged in patent infringement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Division” means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Target” means a person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Who has received a demand letter or against whom an assertion of patent infringement has been made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Who has been threatened with litigation or against whom a lawsuit has been filed alleging patent infringement; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Who has at least one customer who has received a demand letter asserting that the person’s product, service, or technology has infringed a patent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
