815 ILCS 620/ Illinois Fair Invention Development Standards Act.

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815 ILCS 620/Art. II

(815 ILCS 620/Art. II heading) ARTICLE II.

DISCLOSURES MADE PRIOR TO CONTRACT

815 ILCS 620/201

(815 ILCS 620/201) (from Ch. 29, par. 201)

Sec. 201.

Disclosure of fee in advertising.

Every invention developer
who charges a fee or requires any consideration for his invention development
services must clearly and conspicuously disclose such fact in every advertisement
of such services.

(Source: P.A. 81-542.)

815 ILCS 620/202

(815 ILCS 620/202) (from Ch. 29, par. 202)

Sec. 202.

Disclosures to customer.

In the first oral communication
with a customer or in the first written response to an inquiry by a
customer; or other than an oral communication or written response the
primary purpose of which is to arrange an appointment with the invention
developer for presentation of his invention development services, the
invention developer shall cause the following disclosures to be made in
writing and delivered to each customer:

(a) A statement of the fee charged, if known, or a statement of the
approximate range of fees charged; and a statement of the approximate
portion of the fee charged, if any, that will be expended for services
relating to patent matters.

(b) A statement that the invention developer does not intend to
expend more for the invention development services than
the fee charged the customer, if, in fact, it does not, and if it does
intend to expend more than the fee charged, a statement of the estimated
expenditures of the invention developer in excess of the fee received
from the customer.

(c) A statement as follows:

"Any contract for invention development services between you and
ourselves will be regulated by law. We are not qualified or permitted to
advise you whether protection of your invention is available under the
patent laws of the United States or any other laws. If your invention is
patentable or infringes an existing valid patent, your failure to
inquire into these matters may affect your rights to your invention.
Disclosure of your invention on a nonconfidential basis may also
adversely affect your rights."

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)