Florida Statute 501.972 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 501
CONSUMER PROTECTION

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F.S. 501.972

501.972 Actions based upon use of a creation that is not protected under federal copyright law.—

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the use of an idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery, thought, or other creation that is not a work of authorship protected under federal copyright law does not give rise to a claim or cause of action, in law or in equity, unless the parties to the claim or cause of action have executed a writing sufficient to indicate that a contract has been made between them governing such use.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect or limit:

(a) Any cause of action based in copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secret; or

(b) Any defense raised in connection with a cause of action described in paragraph (a).

History.—s. 4, ch. 2006-196.

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Kaminski v. BP Exploration & Production Inc.

975 F. Supp. 2d 1220, 2013 WL 5353287, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136618

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 2013 | Docket: 65994617

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law bars Plaintiffs claims, (2) Florida Statute § 501.972 bars Plaintiffs claims, and (3) Plaintiffs ideas