§ 66-215. Remedies. - North Carolina Statutes

§66‑215.  Remedies.

(a)        Any contract forinvention development services that does not substantially comply with thisArticle is voidable at the option of the customer.  A contract for inventiondevelopment services entered into in reliance on any false, fraudulent, ormisleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement of theinvention developer is voidable at the option of the customer.  Any waiver bythe customer of any provision of this act shall be deemed contrary to publicpolicy and shall be void and unenforceable.

(b)        Any customer orperson who has been injured by a violation of this Article by an inventiondeveloper, by a false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission ofmaterial fact by an invention developer, or by failure of an inventiondeveloper to make all disclosures required by this Article may recover in acivil action against the invention developer:

(1)        Court costs;

(2)        Attorneys['] fees;and

(3)        The amount of actualdamages, if any, sustained by the customer, which damages may be increased toan amount not to exceed three times the damages sustained. (1989,c. 746, s. 1; c. 770, s. 62.1(1), (2); 1991, c. 235, s. 1.)