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2025 Utah Code
Title 34 - Labor in General
Chapter 39 - Employment Inventions Act
Section 2 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 34-39-2 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
34-39-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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 the employee's employment;
- (ii)on the employer's time; or
- (iii)with the aid, assistance, or use of any of the employer's property, equipment, facilities, supplies, resources, or intellectual property;
- (b)the result of any work, services, or duties performed by an employee for the 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.
- (a)conceived, developed, reduced to practice, or created by the employee:
- (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.
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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