                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTEREST IN INVENTIONS PROHIBITED (§ 59.1-211)

No invention developer shall acquire any interest, partial or whole, in the
title to the customer&#8217;s invention or patent rights, unless the invention
developer contracts to manufacture the invention and acquires such interest for
such purpose at or about the time the contract for manufacture is executed.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an invention developer
from receiving a portion of any proceeds accruing to the customer as a result of
performance of invention development services by the invention developer.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 649.