§15-685. Disclosure of certain information to customer - Time
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In either the first written communication from the invention developer to a specific customer or at the first personal meeting between the invention developer and a customer, the invention developer shall make a written disclosure to the customer of the information required in this section.
The disclosure shall:
1. state the median fee charged to all of the customers of the invention developer who have signed contracts with the invention developer in the preceding six
(6)months, excluding customers who have signed in the preceding thirty
(30)days;
2. include a single statement setting forth:
a. the total number of customers who have contracted with
the invention developer, except that the number need
not reflect those customers who have contracted within
the preceding thirty
(30)days, and
b. the number of customers who have received by virtue of
the invention developer's performance of invention
development services an amount of money in excess of
the amount of money paid by those customers to the
invention developer pursuant to a contract for
invention development services; and
3. contain the following statement:
"Unless the invention developer is an attorney, he is not permitted to give you legal advice concerning patent, copyright or trademark law or to advise you of whether your idea or invention may be patentable or may be protected under the patent, copyright or trademark laws of the United States or any other law.
No patent, copyright or trademark protection will be acquired for you by the invention developer. Your failure to inquire into
the law governing patent, copyright or trademark matters may jeopardize your rights in your idea or invention, both in the United States and in foreign countries. Your failure to identify and investigate existing patents, trademarks or registered copyrights may place you in jeopardy of infringing the copyrights, patent or trademark rights of other persons if you proceed to make, use, distribute or sell your idea or invention." Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.