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2014 SESSION
HB 180 Invention development services; required disclosure, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Peter F. Farrell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
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.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
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.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Invention development services; disclosure; 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 the 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 $25,000 for each violation. This bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.