Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 52.002 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 52.002Title 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS · Ch. 52. INVENTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

View on source

In this chapter:

(1)"Customer" means:

(A)an individual who enters into a contract with an invention developer for invention development services; or

(B)a firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity that enters into a contract with an invention developer for invention development services and is not purchasing those services as an adjunct to the traditional commercial enterprises in which the entity engages as a business.

(2)"Invention" means a discovery, process, machine, design, formulation, product, concept, idea, or any combination of these, regardless of whether patentable.

(3)"Invention developer" means an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, or an agent, employee, officer, partner, or independent contractor of one of those entities, who:

…

Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.