2006 Utah Code - 34-39-2 — Definitions.

     34-39-2.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Employment invention" means any invention or part thereof conceived, developed, reduced to practice, or created by an employee which is:
     (a) conceived, developed, reduced to practice, or created by the employee:
     (i) within the scope of his employment;
     (ii) on his employer's time; or
     (iii) with the aid, assistance, or use of any of his employer's property, equipment, facilities, supplies, resources, or intellectual property;
     (b) the result of any work, services, or duties performed by an employee for his employer;
     (c) related to the industry or trade of the employer; or
     (d) related to the current or demonstrably anticipated business, research, or development of the employer.
     (2) "Intellectual property" means any and all patents, trade secrets, know-how, technology, confidential information, ideas, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks and any and all rights, applications, and registrations relating to them.

Enacted by Chapter 217, 1989 General Session