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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE |
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Title 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS |
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Chapter 52. INVENTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES |
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Subchapter C. INVENTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CONTRACT |
Sec. 52.105. COVER NOTICE REQUIRED
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(a) A contract for invention development services must have attached a conspicuous and legible cover sheet that contains:
(1) the name, home address, office address, and local office address of the invention developer; and
(2) the following notice in boldfaced type of not less than 10-point size:
THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND AN INVENTION DEVELOPER IS REGULATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS' REGULATION OF INVENTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ACT. YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED OR REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY PAYMENTS UNDER THIS CONTRACT UNTIL FOUR (4) WORKING DAYS AFTER YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT AND RECEIVE A COMPLETED COPY OF IT.
IF YOU ASSIGN EVEN A PARTIAL INTEREST IN THE INVENTION TO THE INVENTION DEVELOPER, THE INVENTION DEVELOPER MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL OR DISPOSE OF THE INVENTION WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT AND MAY NOT HAVE TO SHARE THE PROFITS WITH YOU.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE INVENTION DEVELOPER SINCE (year) IS (number). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS KNOWN BY THIS INVENTION DEVELOPER TO HAVE RECEIVED, BY VIRTUE OF THIS INVENTION DEVELOPER'S PERFORMANCE, AN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE CUSTOMER TO THIS INVENTION DEVELOPER IS (number).
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT WITH A QUALIFIED ATTORNEY BEFORE SIGNING THIS CONTRACT. BY PROCEEDING WITHOUT THE ADVICE OF A QUALIFIED ATTORNEY, YOU COULD LOSE ANY RIGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE IN YOUR IDEA OR INVENTION.
(b) The invention developer shall complete the cover sheet by providing the proper information in the blanks of the cover sheet. In the first blank the invention developer shall enter the later of the year that the invention developer began to transact business or May 7, 1981. The invention developer may round the numbers the invention developer enters in the last two blanks to the nearest 100 and, in computing the numbers, may exclude persons who have contracted with the invention developer during the three calendar months preceding the date of the contract. If the number to be inserted in the third blank is zero, the invention developer shall enter a zero in the blank.
(c) The cover sheet may not contain anything other than the information required by Subsection (a).