87-602. Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Invention Development Services Disclosure Act:
(1) Contract for invention development services shall mean a contract by which an invention developer undertakes invention development services for a customer;
(2) Customer shall mean any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that enters into a contract for invention development services, except any firm, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity, other than a natural person, purchasing invention development services as an adjunct to the traditional commercial enterprises in which it engages as a livelihood;
(3) Invention shall mean a discovery, process, machine, design, formulation, product, concept, or idea, or any combination thereof, whether patentable or not;
(4) Invention developer shall mean any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation and any agent, employee, officer, partner, member, or independent contractor thereof who offers to perform or performs for a customer any invention development services. Invention developer shall not include:
(a) Any department or agency of the federal, state, or local government;
(b) Any nonprofit, charitable, scientific, or educational organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(c) Any attorney acting within the scope of the attorney's professional license;
(d) Any person duly registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office acting within the scope of that person's professional license; or
(e) Any person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other entity that does not charge a fee for invention development services other than any payment made from a portion of the income received by a customer by virtue of such acts performed by such entity. For purposes of this subdivision, fee shall include any payment made by the customer to such entity including reimbursement for expenditures made or costs incurred by such entity; and
(5) Invention development services shall mean any act involved in the evaluation of an invention for commercial potential and the marketing, brokering, or promoting of such an invention done by or for an invention developer for the purpose of procuring a licensee or buyer for an intellectual property right in the invention.
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Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
87-129 - Mark; not registered; when.
87-130 - Application for registration; contents.
87-132 - Certificate of registration; contents; how treated.
87-133 - Registration; term; renewal; renewal fee; prior registration and proceedings.
87-134 - Registration; assignment; change of name; other recordings; fees.
87-136 - Cancellation from register.
87-137 - Classification of goods and services; rules and regulations.
87-138 - Fraudulent representation; liability.
87-139 - Unauthorized use; liability.
87-140 - Famous mark; factors; remedies.
87-141 - Injunction; damages; attorney's fees.
87-142 - Cancellation or registration of mark; action; procedure.
87-143 - Common law; construction of act.
87-144 - Fees; not refundable.
87-209 - Trade name; not registered; when.
87-210 - Trade name; application for registration; requirements; Secretary of State.
87-211 - Trade name; registration; term effective; renewal; fee; statement.
87-212 - Trade name; assignment; recordation; fee.
87-213 - Secretary of State; record; public examination.
87-214 - Registration; Secretary of State; cancel; when.
87-215 - False representation or declaration; damages.
87-216 - Action for misuse; when.
87-217 - Injury to business; injunction; remedies; attorney's fees.
87-218 - Trade name; enforcement of rights.
87-219 - Trade name; publication; file; failure; effect.
87-219.01 - Trade name; protest registration; procedure.
87-302 - Deceptive trade practices; enumerated.
87-303 - Deceptive trade practices; damages; injunction; costs; additional remedy.
87-303.01 - Unconscionable act or practice; violation; determination.
87-303.02 - Deceptive trade practice or unconscionable act; Attorney General; powers.
87-303.03 - Attorney General; additional powers.
87-303.04 - Attorney General; order; failure or refusal to obey; court; powers.
87-303.06 - Claims not barred.
87-303.07 - Sale or lease agreement; unenforceable; when.
87-303.08 - Violations; penalty.
87-303.09 - Injunction, declaratory judgment, written assurance; violation; penalty.
87-303.10 - Civil action; statute of limitations.
87-303.11 - Violations; civil penalty; recovery; procedure.
87-304 - Applicability of act.
87-403 - Franchise; sections, applicable; when.
87-406 - Prohibited practices; enumerated.
87-407 - Sections; applicability.
87-408 - Action by franchisee; defense.
87-409 - Franchisee; action to recover damages; injunction; costs.
87-411 - Motor fuel franchises; death of franchisee; effect.
87-412 - Designation of successor in interest; rights; notice of election to operate franchise.
87-413 - Successor in interest; trial lease and franchise agreement; procedure.
87-414 - Applicability of sections.
87-503 - Misappropriation; injunction; royalty; affirmative acts.
87-504 - Misappropriation; damages.
87-505 - Court proceedings; preserve secrecy.
87-506 - Statute of limitation.
87-507 - Applicability of act.
87-603 - Contract for invention development services; requirements; option to terminate.
87-605 - Contract for invention development services; written report; contents.
87-606 - Contract for invention development services; contents.
87-608 - Attorney General; enforcement duties; civil penalty.
87-609 - Invention developer; bond; filings required; fees.
87-610 - Remedies; not exclusive.
87-702 - Legislative findings.
87-706 - Repair parts; returns; duties of supplier.
87-707 - Termination of dealer agreement; supplier and dealer; rights and duties; liability.
87-708 - Death or incapacity of dealer; heirs or personal representative; rights and remedies.
87-709 - Dealer agreement; void and unenforceable; when; violations; remedies.
87-710 - Obligations; applicability to successors.
87-803 - Breach of security; investigation; notice to resident; notice to Attorney General.
87-804 - Compliance with notice requirements; manner.
87-805 - Waiver; void and unenforceable.