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15 OK Stat § 15-598.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.5. Injunctive relief - Damages - Prima facie evidence.

|(a) In addition to the penalties provided in the Unfair Sales Act, any person injured by any violation, or who shall suffer injury from any threatened violation of the Unfair Sales Act, may maintain an action in any court of equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain or enjoin such violation or threatened violation. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of the Unfair Sales Act shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit, such violation or threatened violation and, in addition thereto, shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant the cost of suit. In such action if damages are alleged and proved, the plaintiff in the action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit, shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages sustained by him or her. |(b) In the event no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of the Unfair Sales Act may maintain an action for damages alone in any court of general jurisdiction, and the measure of damages in such action shall be the same as prescribed in subsection (a) of this section. Provided the Unfair Sales Act shall not authorize suits or actions against newspapers, radio broadcasters, or other advertising agencies through which such advertisements are published, broadcast or otherwise made.(c) Evidence of advertisement, offering to sell, or sale of merchandise by any retailer or wholesaler at less than cost to such retailer or wholesaler, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to injure competitors and to destroy or substantially lessen competition.Added by Laws 1949, p. 105, § 5, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.6. Exempted sales.

|The provisions of the Unfair Sales Act shall not apply to the following sales at retail or sales at wholesale: |1. Where seasonable merchandise is sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;2. Where perishable merchandise must be sold promptly in order to forestall loss;3. Where merchandise is imperfect or damaged or is being discontinued and is advertised, marked and sold as such;4. Where merchandise is sold upon the final liquidation of any business;5. Where merchandise is sold for charitable purposes or to relief agencies;6. Where merchandise is sold on contract to departments of the government or governmental institutions;7. Where merchandise is sold by any officer acting under the order or direction of any court;8. Where merchandise is sold at any bona fide auction sale; and9. Where a particular item of merchandise corresponding to a unique identifier is sold at below cost for fifteen (15) or fewer sequential days and where such single-day or multi-day sale does not occur more than ten (10) separate times in any twelve-month period. This exemption shall not apply to:a.gasoline and diesel fuel,b.legend drug products,c.food and nonalcoholic beverages sold for off-premise use or consumption,d.household soaps and detergents,e.health and beauty aids,f.over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and health products, excluding exercise equipment and durable medical products,g.pet food and pet supplies,h.paper and plastic goods,i.household cleaning agents and cleaning supplies,j.baby supplies directly related to nutrition and food preservation, consumption and disposal, including disposable diapers,k.low-point beer, as defined in paragraph 1 of Section 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, sold for off-premise use or consumption, andl.structural building materials, including but not limited to lumber and lumber composites, engineered wood products, structural wood panels, roofing, guttering, siding, drywall, insulation, flooring, windows, doors and plumbing elements.Added by Laws 1949, p. 105, § 6, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.7. Meeting competitor's prices.

|Any retailer or wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell, or sell merchandise at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a competitor who is selling the same article or products of comparable quality at cost to such wholesaler or retailer. The price of merchandise advertised, offered for sale or sold under the exemptions specified in Section 598.6 of this title, shall not be considered the price of a competitor and shall not be used as a basis for establishing prices below cost, nor shall the price established at a bankrupt sale be considered the price of a competitor within the purview of the first sentence of this section. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 106, § 7, emerg. eff. May 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 331, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.8. Determination of cost in case of sale outside ordinary channels of trade.

|In establishing the cost of merchandise to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of such merchandise purchased at a forced, bankrupt, closeout sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade, may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost of the merchandise to the retailer or wholesaler, within thirty (30) days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased through the ordinary channels of trade. |Laws 1949, p. 106, § 8.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.9. Witnesses - Production of books, records, etc.

|Any defendant, or any witness, in any civil action brought under the provisions of this act may be required to testify, and any defendant, or any witness, may, upon proper process, be compelled to produce his books, records, invoices and all other documents of any such defendant or witness into court and the same may be introduced as evidence, but no defendant, or any witness in such civil action shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may thus be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony thus given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal proceeding or investigation. |Laws 1949, p. 106, § 9.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.10. Trade association may sue.

|Any duly organized and existing trade association, whether incorporated or not, is hereby authorized to institute and prosecute a suit or suits for injunctive relief and costs, provided for under the terms of this act, as the real party in interest for and on behalf of one or more of said association's members, when violation of this act directly or indirectly affects or threatens to affect or injure such member or members, or where violation of this act threatens to impair fair competition or otherwise affects such member as herein provided. |Laws 1949, p. 106, Sec. 10.
15 OK Stat § 15-598.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-598.11. Partial invalidity.

|If any subsection, sentence, clause, word, phrase or provision of this act shall for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining parts hereof shall not be affected thereby and to that end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. |Laws 1949, p. 106, § 12.
15 OK Stat § 15-651 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-651. Citation of Act.

|This act shall be known and cited as "The Industrial Selling Act." |Laws 1957, p. 86, § 1.
15 OK Stat § 15-652 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-652. Definitions.

|The following words, terms and phrases shall, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning have, when used in this act, the following meanings: |(a) "Person" - Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or other organization;(b) "Employer" - Any person for whom, under whose direction, or in whose interest others perform labor or service;(c) "Sale or sell" - Any sale, contract of sale, offer of sale, or advertisement thereof;(d) "Wholesale sale" - A wholesale sale is a sale for the purpose of resale in the ordinary course of business;(e) "Retail sale" - Any sale other than a wholesale sale as herein defined;(f) "Wholesaler" - A person, a substantial portion of whose sales are made to retailers for the purpose of resale to consumers;(g) "Wholesale price" - The price normally paid by a retailer to a wholesaler for the purpose of resale to consumers at a profit.Laws 1957, p. 86, § 2.
15 OK Stat § 15-654 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-654. Advertising selling at wholesale prices.

|No person shall in any form of advertising represent himself as selling at wholesale prices unless he is actually selling at wholesale prices. |Laws 1957, p. 87, § 4.
15 OK Stat § 15-655 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-655. Violations of act.

|any person willfully and knowingly violating any of the provisions of this law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |Laws 1957, p. 87, § 6.
15 OK Stat § 15-656 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-656. Injunction - Costs - Damages.

|(a) Any person injured by any violation, or who shall suffer injury from any threatened violation of this act, may maintain an action in any court of equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation or threatened violation. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of this act shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain, or otherwise prohibit, such violation or threatened violation, and, in addition thereto the court shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant the costs of suit. In such action, if actual damages to the plaintiff are alleged and proved, the plaintiff in said action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages sustained by him. |(b) In the event that no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of this act may maintain an action for damages and costs of suit in any court of general jurisdiction.Laws 1957 P. 87, Sec. 6.
15 OK Stat § 15-657 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-657. Application of act.

|The provisions of this act shall not apply to farm cooperatives, public schools, all recognized religious nonprofit organizations and all veterans organizations. |Laws 1957, p. 87, § 7.
15 OK Stat § 15-675 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-675. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sales Representatives Recognition Act". |Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
15 OK Stat § 15-676 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-676. Definitions.

|As used in the Sales Representatives Recognition Act: |1. "Commission" means compensation accruing to a person for payment by another person, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders, sales or profits;2. "Principal" means any person who does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this state and who does all of the following:a.Engages in the business of manufacturing, producing, importing or distributing one or more products for sale to customers who purchase products for resale,b.Utilizes one or more sales representatives to solicit wholesale orders for those products, andc.Compensates the sales representatives in whole or in part by commission; and3. "Sales representative" means a person who contracts with a principal to solicit wholesale orders for a product within this state and who is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission. "Sales representative" does not include a person who places orders for or purchases the product for his own account for resale, a person who is an employee of a principal, or a person who sells the product to the ultimate consumer.Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
15 OK Stat § 15-677 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-677. Commission - Time when due.

|For purposes of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act, the time at which a commission is due to a sales representative shall be determined in the following manner: |1. If the contract between the principal and the sales representative is in writing and its terms unambiguously and clearly specify when the commission is due, the terms of the contract shall control the determination;2. If the contract between the principal and the sales representative is not in writing, or if the contract between them is in writing but its terms do not specify when the commission is due or its terms are ambiguous or unclear, the past practice used by the principal and the sales representative shall control the determination; or3. If neither paragraph 1 or 2 of this section can be used to clearly ascertain when a commission is due, the custom and usage prevalent in this state for the industry of the principal and sales representative shall control the determination.Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
15 OK Stat § 15-678 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-678. Termination of contract - Payment of commission - Attorney's fees and court costs.

|A. If a contract between a principal and a sales representative for the solicitation of wholesale orders is terminated, the principal shall pay the sales representative all commissions due him at the time of the termination within fourteen (14) calendar days of the termination, and shall pay the sales representative all commissions that become due after termination within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date on which the commissions become due. |B. The prevailing party in an action brought under this section is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
15 OK Stat § 15-679 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-679. Principal - Personal jurisdiction - Waiver of provisions of Act - Availability of rights and remedies - Contracts affected.

|A. For purposes of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act, a person who enters into an agreement, as a principal, with a sales representative for the solicitation of orders in this state is transacting business in this state and therefore authorizes the exercise of personal jurisdiction over said principal by the court. |B. Any provision in any contract between a sales representative and principal purporting to waive any of the provisions of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act is void.C. Nothing in the Sales Representatives Recognition Act invalidates or restricts any other or additional right or remedy available to a sales representative, or precludes a sales representative from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a principal.D. The provisions of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act shall have no effect on any contract or agreement entered into prior to November 1, 1989.Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
15 OK Stat § 15-680 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-680. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Invention Development Services Act". |Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-681 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-681. Definitions.

|As used in the Invention Development Services Act: |1. "Contract for invention development services" includes a contract by which an invention developer undertakes to develop or promote an invention for a customer;2. "Customer" means any natural person who is solicited by, inquires about, seeks the services of or enters into a contract with an invention developer for invention development services;3. "Invention" includes a process, design, asexually reproduced plant, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, improvement upon the foregoing, or a concept;4. "Invention developer" means any person, firm, corporation or association and the agents, employees or representatives of the person, firm, corporation or association which develops or promotes or offers to develop or promote an invention of a customer in order that the invention of the customer may be patented, licensed or sold for manufacture or manufactured in large quantities. The term "invention developer" does not include:a.a partnership or corporation when all of its partners, stockholders or members are licensed by a state or the United States to render legal advice concerning patents and trademarks, or a person so licensed,b.a department or agency of the federal, state or local government, including the inventor's assistance program established by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce,c.a charitable, scientific, education, religious or other organization registered pursuant to state law,d.a person, firm, corporation, association or other entity that does not charge a fee for invention development services, ore.any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity whose gross receipts from contracts for invention development services do not exceed ten percent (10%) of its gross receipts from all sources during the fiscal year preceding the year in which any contract for invention development services is signed.For the purposes of this paragraph, "fee" shall include any payment made by the customer to the entity, including reimbursements for expenditures made or costs incurred by such entity, but shall not include a payment made from a portion of the income received by a customer by virtue of invention development services performed by the entity;5. "Invention development services" includes any act required or promised to be performed, or actually performed by an invention developer for a customer.Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-682 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-682. Contract to be in writing - Copy to customer - Written statement to customer and summary of terms.

|A. Every contract for invention development services shall be in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of the Invention Development Services Act. A copy of each fully executed, written contract shall be given to the customer at the time the customer signs the contract. |B. If one or more contracts are contemplated by the invention developer in connection with an invention or if the invention developer contemplates performance of services in connection with an invention in more than one phase with the performance of each phase covered in one or more contracts, the invention developer shall so state in a written statement and shall supply to the customer the written statement together with a copy of each contract or a written summary of the general terms of each contract, including the total cost or consideration required from the customer, before the customer signs the first contract.Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-683 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-683. Cancellation of contract.

|A. The customer shall have the unconditional right to cancel a contract for invention development services for any reason at any time before midnight of the third business day following the date the invention developer and the customer sign the contract and the customer receives a fully executed copy of it. Written notice of cancellation may be delivered personally or by certified mail. If given by certified mail, the notice is effective upon the date certified by signature. Notice of cancellation need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates, by any form of written expression, the intention of the customer not to be bound by the contract. Within ten (10) business days after receipt of the notice of cancellation, the invention developer shall deliver to the customer, personally or by certified mail, all moneys paid, any note or other evidence of indebtedness and all materials provided by the customer. |B. Every contract for invention development services shall contain the following statement in 10-point boldface type immediately above the place where the customer signs the contract:"The three business day period during which you may cancel this contract for any reason by certified mailing or delivering written notice to the invention developer will expire on (last date to mail or deliver notice). If you choose to use certified mail as your notice, it must be placed in the United States mail addressed to (Name of Invention Developer), at (Address of Invention Developer's Place of Business) with first class postage prepaid before midnight of this date. If you choose to personally deliver your notice to the invention developer, it must be delivered to him by the end of his normal business day on this date."Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-685 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-685. Disclosure of certain information to customer - Time period.

|In either the first written communication from the invention developer to a specific customer or at the first personal meeting between the invention developer and a customer, the invention developer shall make a written disclosure to the customer of the information required in this section. |The disclosure shall:1. state the median fee charged to all of the customers of the invention developer who have signed contracts with the invention developer in the preceding six (6) months, excluding customers who have signed in the preceding thirty (30) days;2. include a single statement setting forth:a.the total number of customers who have contracted with the invention developer, except that the number need not reflect those customers who have contracted within the preceding thirty (30) days, andb.the number of customers who have received by virtue of the invention developer's performance of invention development services an amount of money in excess of the amount of money paid by those customers to the invention developer pursuant to a contract for invention development services; and3. contain the following statement:"Unless the invention developer is an attorney, he is not permitted to give you legal advice concerning patent, copyright or trademark law or to advise you of whether your idea or invention may be patentable or may be protected under the patent, copyright or trademark laws of the United States or any other law.No patent, copyright or trademark protection will be acquired for you by the invention developer. Your failure to inquire into the law governing patent, copyright or trademark matters may jeopardize your rights in your idea or invention, both in the United States and in foreign countries. Your failure to identify and investigate existing patents, trademarks or registered copyrights may place you in jeopardy of infringing the copyrights, patent or trademark rights of other persons if you proceed to make, use, distribute or sell your idea or invention."Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.