Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-25-1211

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Invention: means :
    (A) An invention. See Tennessee Code 47-25-1201
  • Invention development services: includes acts required or promised to be performed, or actually performed, or both, by an invention developer for a customer. See Tennessee Code 47-25-1201

Any contract for invention development services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this part 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.