815 ILCS 620/ Illinois Fair Invention Development Standards Act.

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815 ILCS 620/Art. VI

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

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

815 ILCS 620/601

(815 ILCS 620/601) (from Ch. 29, par. 601)

Sec. 601.

Maintenance of bond.

Every invention developer rendering or offering
to render invention development services in this State shall maintain
a bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in this State.
The principal sum of the bond shall be 5 percent of the invention developer's
gross income from the invention development business in this State during
the invention developer's last fiscal year, except that the principal sum
of the bond shall not be less than $25,000 in the first or any subsequent
year of operations. A copy of such bond shall be filed with the Secretary
of State prior to the time the invention developer first commences business
in this State. The invention developer shall have 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year within which to change the bond as may be necessary to
conform to the requirements of this Section.

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

815 ILCS 620/602

(815 ILCS 620/602) (from Ch. 29, par. 602)

Sec. 602.

Cash deposit instead of bond.

Instead of furnishing the bond
required by Section 602 of this Act, the invention developer may deposit
with the Secretary of State a cash deposit in the like amount. This cash
deposit may be satisfied by any of the following:

(a) Certificates of deposit payable to the Secretary of State issued
by banks doing business in this State and insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.

(b) Investment certificates of share accounts assigned to the Secretary
of State and issued by a savings and loan association doing business in this
State and insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

(c) Bearer bonds issued by the United States government or by this State.

(d) Cash deposited with the Secretary of State.

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

815 ILCS 620/603

(815 ILCS 620/603) (from Ch. 29, par. 603)

Sec. 603.

Forfeiture of bond.

The bond required by Section 601 of this
Act shall be in favor of the State of Illinois for the benefit of any person
who, after entering into a contract for invention development services with
an invention developer, is damaged by fraud or dishonesty or failure to
provide the services of the invention developer in performance of the contract.
Any person claiming against the bond may maintain an action at law against
the invention developer and the surety.

The aggregate liability of the surety to all persons for all breaches of
conditions of the bond provided herein shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond.

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