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  • (1) "Control" means:
    • (a) ownership of more than 5% of the voting shares or ownership interests of an entity;
    • (b) the power to vote more than 5% of the voting shares of an entity; or
    • (c) the ability to influence the management of an entity.
  • (2) "Depository institution" is as defined in Section 7-1-103.
  • (3) "Malicious cyber activity" means:
    • (a) the unlawful use of computing resources to intimidate or coerce others;
    • (b) accessing a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access;
    • (c) willfully communicating, delivering, or causing the transmission of a program, information, code, or command without authorization or exceeding authorized access; and
    • (d) intentionally or recklessly:
      • (i) intends to defraud or materially cause damage or disruption to any computing resources or to the owner of any computing resources; or
      • (ii) intends to materially cause damage or disruption to any computing resources indirectly through another party's computing resources.
  • (4)
    • (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), "unfair competition" means an intentional business act or practice that:
      • (i)
        • (A) is unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent; and
        • (B) leads to a material diminution in value of intellectual property; and
      • (ii) is one of the following:
        • (A) malicious cyber activity;
        • (B) infringement of a patent, trademark, or trade name;
        • (C) a software license violation; or
        • (D) predatory hiring practices.
    • (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(a), "unfair competition" does not include the departure and hiring of an employee by a competitor.




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