Missouri Laws 416.650 – Definitions
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For purposes of sections 416.650 to 416.658, the following terms shall mean:
(1) “Demand letter”, a letter, email, or other communication asserting or claiming that a target has engaged in patent infringement, but shall not include a petition filed in a court of appropriate jurisdiction;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 416.650
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) “Target”, an end user who purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise obtains a product or service in the commercial market that is not for resale and that is, or later becomes, the subject of a patent infringement allegation.