Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 14 > Part 7 > Chapter 757 - Actions for Bad Faith Assertion of Patent Infringement

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Maine Labor Relations Board as defined in section 968, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 979-A
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Demand letter: means a letter, an e-mail or other written communication asserting that a target has engaged in patent infringement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8701
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8701
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Target: means a person:
  (1) Who has received a demand letter;
  (2) Against whom a lawsuit has been filed alleging patent infringement; or
  (3) Whose customers have received a demand letter asserting that the person's product, service or technology has infringed a patent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8701
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72