eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 501.972. Actions based upon use of a creation that is not protected under federal copyright law.  


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  • 1(1) 2Except as provided in subsection (2), the use of an idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery, thought, or other creation that is not a work of authorship protected under federal copyright law does not give rise to a claim or cause of action, in law or in equity, unless the parties to the claim or cause of action have executed a writing sufficient to indicate that a contract has been made between them governing such use.
    82(2) 83Subsection (1) does not affect or limit:
    90(a) 91Any cause of action based in copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secret; or
    104(b) 105Any defense raised in connection with a cause of action described in paragraph (a).
History.-s. 4, ch. 2006-196.