<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 37-36-7 - Action by person aggrieved--Available remedies. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2061973Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2061973SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061973CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2061973Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2061973DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2061973Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2061973000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061973SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061973SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-36-7"><span class="s2061973SENU">37-36-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061973SENU">. </span><span class="s2061973CL">Action by person aggrieved--Available remedies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal-000000"><span class="s2061973DefaultParagraphFont">A target of conduct involving assertions of patent infringement, or a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or by a violation of rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, may bring an action in a court of proper jurisdiction. A court may award the following remedies to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal-000001"><span class="s2061973DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Equitable relief;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal-000001"><span class="s2061973DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Damages;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal-000001"><span class="s2061973DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Costs and fees, including reasonable attorney fees; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal-000001"><span class="s2061973DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Exemplary damages in an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars or three times the total of damages, costs, and fees, whichever is greater.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061973000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061973Normal"><span class="s2061973SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061973SCL-000003"> SL 2014, ch 192, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>