Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

325A.03 RIGHT OF CANCELLATION. § Subdivision 1.Form and manner. Notwithstanding any contractual provision to the contrary, the customer shall have the unconditional right to cancel a contract for invention development services for any reason at any time before midnight of the thi…

325A.04 MANDATORY CONTRACT FORM. § Subdivision 1.Type size. A contract for invention development services shall set forth the information required in this section in at least 10-point type or equivalent size if handwritten. § Subd. 2.Disclosure statement. The following disclosure…

325A.05 DISCLOSURES MADE PRIOR TO CONTRACT. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. In either the first written communication from the invention developer to a specific customer or at the first personal meeting between the invention developer and a customer, the invention developer shall ma…

325A.06 FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Surety bond. Every invention developer rendering, offering to render, or advertising invention development services in this state shall maintain a continuous corporate surety bond issued by a surety admitted to do business in this s…

325A.07 RESTRICTION ON USE OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. In connection with a contract for invention development services, the invention developer shall not take from a customer a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the customer. A holder is not…

325A.08 RECORDS. Every invention developer shall maintain all records and correspondence relating to performance of each invention development contract for a period of not less than three years after expiration of the term of the contract. History: 1977 c 288 s 8

325A.09 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Compliance with other law. The provisions of sections 325A.01 to 325A.10 are not exclusive and do not relieve the parties or the contract from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law. § Subd. 2.Compliance with act. …

325A.10 CITATION. Sections 325A.01 to 325A.10 may be cited as the "Invention Services Act." History: 1977 c 288 s 10

325B.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 and unless otherwise required by the context, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Agreement. "Agreement" means one or more of the following: (a) a commercial r…

325B.02 NO INDUCEMENT OR COERCION. No brewer shall: (1) Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any beer wholesaler to accept delivery of any alcoholic beverage or any other commodity which shall not have been ordered by the beer wholesaler. (2) Induce or coerce, or att…

325B.03 NO DUAL DISTRIBUTION. No brewer who designates a sales territory for which any wholesaler shall be primarily responsible shall enter into any agreement with any other beer wholesaler for the purpose of establishing an additional agreement for its brand or brands of beer i…

325B.031 BRANDS; BRAND EXTENSIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Brand" is any word, name, group of letters, symbol, or combination thereof, that is adopted and used by a brewer or importer to identify a specific beer product, and to distinguish …

325B.04 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Terminations. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions or conditions of any agreement, no brewer shall amend, cancel, terminate or refuse to continue to renew any agreement, or cause a wholesaler to resign from an agreement, unless …

325B.05 NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE. § Subdivision 1.Notices; time limit. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any agreement between a brewer and a wholesaler, a brewer who intends to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or refuse to renew an agreement with a wholesa…

325B.06 ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR SALE OF BUSINESS. No brewer shall unreasonably withhold consent to any assignment, transfer or sale of the wholesaler's business whenever the wholesaler to be substituted meets the material and reasonable qualifications and standards required of it…

325B.07 REASONABLE COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. Any brewer which amends, cancels, terminates, or refuses to continue or renew any beer agreement, or causes a wholesaler to resign, unless for good cause shown as defined in section 325B.04, from an agreement or unreas…

325B.08 JUDICIAL REMEDIES. If a brewer engages in conduct prohibited under sections 325B.01 to 325B.17, a wholesaler may maintain a suit against the brewer in federal or state court in Minnesota. Such a venue may not be waived except at the time that the lawsuit is filed. The cou…

325B.09 PRICE OF PRODUCT. No brewer, whether by means of a term or condition of an agreement or otherwise, shall fix or maintain the price at which the wholesaler shall sell any alcoholic beverage. History: 1977 c 328 s 9

325B.10 RETALIATORY ACTION PROHIBITED. A brewer shall not take retaliatory action against a wholesaler who files or manifests an intention to file a complaint of alleged violation of state or federal law or regulation by the brewer with the appropriate state or federal regulatory…

325B.11 MANAGEMENT. No brewer shall require or prohibit any change in management or personnel of any wholesaler unless the current or potential management or personnel fails to meet reasonable qualifications and standards required by the brewer. History: 1977 c 328 s 11

325B.12 PROHIBITED ACTS. § Subdivision 1.Discrimination prohibited. No brewer shall discriminate among its wholesalers in any business dealings including, but not limited to, the price of beer sold to the wholesaler, unless the classification among its wholesalers is based upon r…

325B.13 NO WAIVER. No brewer shall require any wholesaler to waive compliance with any provision of sections 325B.01 to 325B.17. Nothing in sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 shall be construed to limit or prohibit good faith settlements of disputes voluntarily entered into between the …

325B.14 OBLIGATIONS OF SUCCESSOR. A successor shall become obligated to all of the terms and conditions of the agreement in effect on the date of succession. This section applies regardless of the character or form of the succession. A successor has the right to contractually req…

325B.15 COVERAGE. The provisions of sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 cover agreements entered into after May 28, 1977. History: 1977 c 328 s 15; 1987 c 346 s 2

325B.16 RIGHT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. No brewer or wholesaler shall restrict or inhibit, directly or indirectly, the right of free association among brewers or wholesalers for any lawful purpose. History: 1977 c 328 s 16

325B.17 RELATION TO PRIOR LAW. Sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 supplement and do not supersede any prior law. If they are found to be inconsistent with prior law, the prior law shall govern. History: 1977 c 328 s 17

325C.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 325C.01 to 325C.07, the terms defined in these sections have the meanings given them, unless the context requires otherwise. § Subd. 2.Improper means. "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, brea…

325C.02 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in ord…

325C.03 DAMAGES. (a) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages can …

325C.04 ATTORNEY'S FEES. If (i) a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, (ii) a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or (iii) willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing pa…

325C.05 PRESERVATION OF SECRECY. In an action under sections 325C.01 to 325C.07, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, s…

325C.06 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation const…

325C.07 EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 displace conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) Sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 do not affect:…

325C.08 SHORT TITLE. Sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 may be cited as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act." History: 1980 c 594 s 10

325D.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this section, for the purposes of sections 325D.02 to 325D.07, shall be given the meanin…

325D.02 APPLICATION. Section 325D.03 shall apply only to the manufacture, production, or distribution of any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise in general use or consumption. Sections 325D.04 to 325D.06 shall apply only to the selling, offering, or advertising for s…

325D.03 DISCRIMINATION UNLAWFUL. Any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, foreign or domestic, doing business in the state and engaged in the production, manufacture, or distribution of any printed or mimeograph matter, commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise in ge…

325D.04 SELLING BELOW COST FORBIDDEN. Any retailer, wholesaler, subjobber or vending machines operator engaged in business within this state, who sells, offers for sale or advertises for sale, any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise at less than the cost thereof to s…

325D.05 BANKRUPT SALES NOT TO BE CONSIDERED IN FIXING COSTS. In establishing the cost of a given article, goods, wares, or merchandise to the vendor, the invoice cost of the article, goods, wares, or merchandise purchased at a forced, bankrupt, closeout, or other sale outside of …

325D.06 INAPPLICABLE SALES. The provisions of sections 325D.01, subdivisions 2 to 6; 325D.04; and 325D.05 shall not apply to any sale made: (1) in closing out in good faith the owner's stock, or any part thereof, for the purpose of discontinuing trade in any such stock or commodi…

325D.07 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The remedies herein provided shall be cumulative to all other remedies provided by law. History: (3976-48) 1937 c 116 pt 3 s 3; 1939 c 403 s 6

325D.071 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, officer, or director, for itself, or for another person, firm, or corporation, willfully violating the provisions of sections 325D.03, 325D.04, and 325D.05 shall be guilty of a misdemea…

325D.072 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. In addition to the penalties provided in section 325D.071, the courts of this state are hereby vested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of sections 325D.02 to 325D.07. Any person, partnership, corporation, or association damaged, or …

325D.09 UNLAWFUL TRADE PRACTICES. The legislature of the state of Minnesota hereby finds: that the trade practices defined and prohibited by sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 are detrimental to labor, destructive to employment, and injurious to the best interests of workers; that they …

325D.10 DEFINITIONS. When used in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16: (a) The term "person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other organization, whether organized for profit or not. (b) The term "employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in th…