779.485 Special tools.
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779.485 Special tools.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Customer” means a person who does any of the following:
1. Causes a special tool builder to design, develop, manufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a special tool.
2. Orders a product from a manufacturer that is produced with a special tool or causes a manufacturer to use a special tool.
(b)“Intellectual property” means a design, program, or process.
(c)“Manufacturer” means a person who uses a special tool as part of the person’s manufacturing process.
(d)“Manufacturer’s lien” means a lien described in sub.
(b).
(e)“Special tool” means a tool, die, jig, gauge, gauging fixture, metal casting, pattern, forging, machinery, ferrous or nonferrous machined part, or intellectual property used for the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing, assembling, or fabricating a metal part.
(f)“Special tool builder” means a person who designs, develops, manufactures, fabricates, or assembles a special tool.