Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 44 > Chapter 10 > Article 2 - Patent Troll Prevention Act

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Assertion of patent infringement: means any of the following:

  (a) Sending or delivering a demand to a target. See Arizona Laws 44-1421

• 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.
• Demand: means a letter, an e-mail or any other communication asserting that a person has engaged in patent infringement or should obtain a license to a patent but does not include a petition filed in a court of competent jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 44-1421
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, governmental entity, institution of higher education or other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 44-1421
• Target: means any of the following:

  (a) A person that has received a demand or against whom an assertion of patent infringement has been made and who has information indicating the assertion was made in bad faith pursuant to section 44-1422. See Arizona Laws 44-1421

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215