California Business and Professions Code 22387 – Any invention developer who willfully violates any provision of this …
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.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 22387
- City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
- Invention: shall mean (1) an invention, (2) an idea, (3) a concept, or (4) any combination thereof. See California Business and Professions Code 22371
- Invention development services: shall include acts required or promised to be performed, or actually performed, or both, by an invention developer for a customer. See California Business and Professions Code 22371
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
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.)