(815 ILCS 620/102) (from Ch. 29, par. 102)
Sec. 102.
Legislative intent.
The purpose of this Act is to safeguard the
public against fraud, deceit, imposition of financial hardship, and to foster
and encourage competition, fair dealing, and prosperity in the field of
idea and invention development services by prohibiting or restricting false
and misleading advertising, onerous contract terms, harmful financial practices,
and other unfair, dishonest, deceptive, destructive, unscrupulous, fraudulent,
and discriminatory practices by which the public has been injured in connection
with such development services, but not to interfere with or further regulate
by this Act, those persons who provide researching, marketing, surveying,
or other kinds of consulting services to professional manufacturers, marketers,
publishers or others purchasing such services as
an adjunct to the traditional commercial enterprises in which they engage
as a livelihood.
Representation of a client by an attorney in connection with the sale or
licensing of an invention is not intended to be regulated by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 81-542.)
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