(a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this part 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 § 47-25-1207, may bring a civil action against the invention developer for the greater of the following amounts:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-25-1221

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Invention: means :
    (A) An invention. See Tennessee Code 47-25-1201
  • Invention developer: means 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:
    (A) Any department or agency of the federal, state, or local government. See Tennessee Code 47-25-1201
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
(1) Three thousand dollars ($3,000); or
(2) Three (3) times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.
(b) In addition to the greater of the preceding amounts, the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff.
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