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HB 180 Invention development services; required disclosure, civil penalty.

Introduced by: Peter F. Farrell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Invention development services; disclosure and civil penalty. Requires each contract for invention development services to include on its cover sheet a disclosure that the contract is a fee-for-service contract with no guarantees as to success of the invention and information on how to file a consumer complaint regarding invention development services with the Office of the Attorney General. The measure increases the maximum civil penalty that the Attorney General may recover in an enforcement action from $3,000 to $10,000 for each violation. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.


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