                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IDEA OR INFORMATION SUBMISSION (§ 59.1-502.16)

a. The following rules apply to a submission of an idea or information for the
creation, development, or enhancement of computer information which is not made
pursuant to an existing agreement requiring the submission:

   1. A contract is not formed and is not implied from the mere receipt of an
   unsolicited submission.

   2. Engaging in a business, trade, or industry that by custom or practice
   regularly acquires ideas is not in itself an express or implied solicitation
   of the information.

   3. If the recipient seasonably notifies the person making the submission that
   the recipient maintains a procedure to receive and review submissions, a
   contract is formed only if:

A. the submission is made and accepted pursuant to that procedure; or

B. the recipient expressly agrees to terms concerning the submission.

b. An agreement to disclose an idea creates a contract enforceable against the
receiving party only if the idea as disclosed is confidential, concrete, and
novel to the business, trade, or industry or the party receiving the disclosure
otherwise expressly agreed.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 101, 996.