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CA Bus & Prof Code § 22371 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 22371.

22371.  As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:(a) “Contract for invention development services” shall include a contract by which an invention developer undertakes to develop or promote an invention for a customer.(b) “Customer” shall include any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that is solicited by, inquires about or seeks the services of, or enters into a contract for invention development services with an invention developer, except (1) any department or agency of the federal, state, or local government, (2) any charitable, scientific, educational, religious, or other organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) or described in Section 170(b)(1)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and (3) any person, firm, corporation, or other entity regularly engaged in a trade, business, or profession which has either a net worth of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more or gross receipts from any source of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more during the calendar year in which any contract for invention development services is signed.(c) “Invention” shall mean (1) an invention, (2) an idea, (3) a concept, or (4) any combination thereof.(d) “Invention developer” shall mean any person, firm, corporation, or association, and the agents, employees, or representatives of such person, firm, corporation, or association that develops or promotes or offers to develop or promote an invention, except (1) any department or agency of the federal, state, or local government, (2) any charitable, scientific, educational, religious, or other organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) or described in Section 170(b)(1)(a) of the Internal Revenue of Code of 1954, as amended, (3) any person, firm, corporation, association, or other entity whose gross receipts from contracts for invention development services, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 22371, do not exceed 10 percent of its gross receipts from all sources during the fiscal year preceding the year in which any contract for invention development services is signed, or (4) any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity that does not charge a fee for invention development services. For the purposes of this paragraph, “fee” shall include any payment made by the customer to such entity including reimbursements for expenditures made or costs incurred by such entity but shall not include any payment made from a portion of the income received by a customer by virtue of invention development services performed by such entity.(e) “Invention development services” shall include acts required or promised to be performed, or actually performed, or both, by an invention developer for a customer.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22372 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22372.

22372.  (a) Every contract for invention development services shall be in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. A copy of the written contract shall be given to the customer at the time he signs the contract.(b) If one or more subsequent 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 subsequent contracts, the invention developer shall so state in a writing and shall supply to the customer such writing together with a copy of such contract or a written summary of the general terms of each and every such subsequent contract, including the amount of any fees or other consideration required from the customer, at the time the customer signs the first contract.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22373 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22373.

22373.  (a) Notwithstanding any contractual provision to the contrary, the invention developer and the customer shall each have the right to cancel a contract for invention development services for any reason at any time within seven days of the date the invention developer and the customer sign the contract. Cancellation shall be effected by written notice mailed or delivered to the invention developer or the customer. If said notice is mailed, it must be postmarked by midnight of the last day of the cancellation period. If the notice is delivered, it must be delivered by the end of the invention developer’s normal business day. Within five business days after receipt of such notice of cancellation by the customer, the invention developer shall return to the customer, by mail, all moneys paid and all materials provided by the customer.(b) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall apply to every contract executed between an invention developer and a customer. Each such contract shall contain the following statement in 10-point boldface type immediately above the place at which the customer signs the contract:“The seven-day period during which you may cancel this contract for any reason by mailing or delivering written notice to the invention developer will expire on .(Last date to mail or deliver notice)If you choose to mail your notice, it must be placed in the United States mail properly addressed first-class postage prepaid and postmarked before midnight of this date. If you choose to deliver your notice to the invention developer directly, it must be delivered to him by the end of his normal business day on this date. The invention developer also has the right to cancel this contract by notice similarly mailed or delivered.” (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22374 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22374.

22374.  Each and every contract for invention development services shall carry a distinctive and conspicuous cover sheet with the following notice (and no other) imprinted thereon in boldface type of not less than 10-point size:“The following disclosures are required by law:“You have the right to cancel this contract for any reason at any time within seven days from the date you and the invention developer sign the contract and you receive a fully executed copy of it. To exercise this option you need only mail or deliver to this invention developer written notice of your cancellation. The method and time for notification is set forth in this contract immediately above the place for your signature. Upon cancellation, the invention developer must return by mail, within five business days, all money paid and all materials provided by you.“Your potential patent rights may be adversely affected by any attempt to commercialize your idea or invention before a patent application covering it is filed. Nonconfidential disclosures of your idea or invention may also trigger certain statutory deadlines for filing a patent application in the United States and would prevent you from obtaining valid patent rights in countries whose law provides that patent applications must be filed before there is a public disclosure.“This contract between you and the invention developer is regulated by law. The invention developer is not qualified or permitted to advise you whether protection of your idea or invention is available under the patent, copyright or trademark laws of the United States or any other law. This contract does not provide any patent, copyright or trademark protection for your idea or invention. If your idea or invention is patentable, copyrightable or subject to trademark protection, or infringes an existing valid patent, copyright or trademark or a patent, copyright or trademark for which application has been made, your failure to inquire into these matters may affect your rights to your idea or invention.”(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 332, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22375 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22375.

22375.  No invention developer shall acquire any interest, partial or whole, in the title to the customer’s invention, unless the invention developer contracts to manufacture the invention and acquires such interest for such purpose at or about the time the contract for manufacture is executed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an invention developer from contracting with a customer to receive a portion of any proceeds accruing to the customer as a result of performance of invention development services by the invention developer.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22376 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22376.

22376.  No contract for invention development services shall require or entail the execution of any note or series of notes by the customer which, when separately negotiated, will cut off as to third parties any right of action or defense which the customer may have against the invention developer.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22377 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22377.

22377.  Any assignee of the invention developer’s rights is subject to all equities and defenses of the customer against the invention developer existing in favor of the customer at the time of the assignment.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22378 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 2 - General Regulatory Provisions|Section 22378.

22378.  With respect to each and every contract for invention development services, the invention developer shall deliver to the customer, at the address specified in the contract at quarterly intervals throughout the term of the contract, a written statement of the services performed to date; provided, however, the first such statement need not be delivered until 180 days after the contract is executed.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22380 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4 - Disclosures Made Prior to Contract|Section 22380.

22380.  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.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22382 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22382.

22382.  The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive and do not relieve the parties or the contract subject thereto from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22383 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22383.

22383.  Any contract for invention development services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy, provided that no contract shall be void and unenforceable if the invention developer proves that noncompliance was unintentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the use of reasonable procedures adopted to avoid any such errors and makes an appropriate correction.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22384 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22384.

22384.  Any contract for invention development services entered into in reliance upon any willful and false, fraudulent, or misleading representation by the invention developer shall be void and unenforceable.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22385 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22385.

22385.  Any waiver by the customer of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22386 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22386.

22386.  Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter by an invention developer, or by any false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact by an invention developer, or by failure of an invention developer to make all the disclosures required by Section 22379, may bring a civil action against the invention developer for the greater of the following amounts:(1) Three thousand dollars ($3,000).(2) Three times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.In addition to the greater of the preceding amounts, the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22387 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22387.

22387.  Any invention developer who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or willfully enters an invention development contract which omits any duty or disclosure required by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any superior court of this state shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter relating to invention development services and contracts therefor.The duty to institute actions for violation of such provisions of this chapter, including equity proceedings to restrain and enjoin such violations, is hereby vested in the Attorney General, district attorneys, county counsels, and city attorneys. The Attorney General, any district attorney, or city attorney may prosecute misdemeanor actions or institute equity proceedings or both.This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the enforcement by any person of any right provided by this or any other law.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22388 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 4.5 - Remedies and Enforcement|Section 22388.

22388.  Failure to make the disclosure required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 22380) shall render any contract subsequently entered into between the customer and the invention developer voidable by the customer.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22389 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 5 - Financial Requirements|Section 22389.

22389.  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 twenty-five thousand dollars ($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.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22390 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 5 - Financial Requirements|Section 22390.

22390.  The bond required by Section 22389 shall be in favor of the State of California 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.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 56.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22391.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 5 - Financial Requirements|Section 22391.1.

22391.1.  (a) The Secretary of State shall enforce the provisions of this title that govern the filing and maintenance of bonds and deposits in lieu of bonds.(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a filing fee not to exceed the cost of filing the bond or the deposit in lieu of a bond pursuant to Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22392 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 22392.

22392.  Every invention developer shall maintain all records and correspondence relating to performance of each invention development service contract for a period of not less than three years after expiration of the term of each such contract.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22393 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 22393.

22393.  No invention developer shall make, or authorize the making of, any reference to compliance by it with this act in any advertisement.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 967.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22394 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 22394.

22394.  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 8.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22395 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 17 - Invention Development Services Contracts|ARTICLE 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 22395.

22395.  An invention developer shall maintain as confidential all disclosures made to it by a customer seeking invention development services, except:(a) Information which at the time of disclosure is in the public domain.(b) Information which, after disclosure, becomes part of the public domain by publication or otherwise, independently of any act or omission by the invention developer.(c) Information which the invention developer can establish by competent proof was in its possession at the time of disclosure by the customer, and was not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the customer.(d) Information which the invention developer receives from a third party; provided, however, that such information was not obtained in confidence by said third party, directly or indirectly, from the customer.This duty of confidentiality includes the taking of reasonable steps by the invention developer to prevent disclosure of confidential information to third parties. This confidential relationship cannot be waived by a customer without an express written waiver by the customer of the invention developer’s obligation of confidentiality, and no waiver shall be entered into until after the disclosures described in Section 22381 have been made.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 332, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22435 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 19 - Shopping and Laundry Carts|ARTICLE 1 - Identification of Shopping and Laundry Carts|Section 22435.

22435.  As used in this article:(a) “Shopping cart” means a basket which is mounted on wheels or a similar device generally used in a retail establishment by a customer for the purpose of transporting goods of any kind.(b) “Laundry cart” means a basket which is mounted on wheels and used in a coin-operated laundry or drycleaning retail establishment by a customer or an attendant for the purpose of transporting fabrics and the supplies necessary to process them.(c) “Parking area” means a parking lot or other property provided by a retailer for use by a customer for parking an automobile or other vehicle.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 687, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 22435.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 19 - Shopping and Laundry Carts|ARTICLE 1 - Identification of Shopping and Laundry Carts|Section 22435.1.

22435.1.  The provisions of Section 22435.2 shall apply when a shopping cart or a laundry cart has a sign permanently affixed to it that identifies the owner of the cart or the retailer, or both; notifies the public of the procedure to be utilized for authorized removal of the cart from the premises; notifies the public that the unauthorized removal of the cart from the premises or parking area of the retail establishment, or the unauthorized possession of the cart, is a violation of state law; and lists a valid telephone number or address for returning the cart removed from the premises or parking area to the owner or retailer.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 291, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)