(815 ILCS 620/505) (from Ch. 29, par. 505)
Sec. 505.
Damages and attorneys fees.
Any person who has been injured
by a violation of this Act by an invention developer or by any false or
fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact by an
invention developer, may bring a civil action against the invention developer
for the greater of the following amounts:
(1) $3,000, or
(2) Three times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by
the customer. In addition to the greater of the preceding amounts, the court
may award reasonable attorney's fees to the customer.
(Source: P.A. 81-542.)
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