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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-770. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-770. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Claims in the patent” means the extent of protection conferred by a patent.

(2) “Demand letter” means a letter, email, or other written communication asserting or claiming that the target has engaged in patent infringement.

(3) “Target” means a 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 use of such person’s product, service, or technology infringes a patent.

## History

Code 1981, § 10-1-770, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 208, § 1/HB 809; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 2(28)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “email,” for “e-mail,” in paragraph (2).