Utah § 34-39-3 - Scope of act -- When agreements between an employee and employer are enforceable or unenforceable with respect to employment inventions -- Exceptions.
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§ 34-39-3. Scope of act -- When agreements between an employee and employer are enforceable or unenforceable with respect to employment inventions -- Exceptions.
34-39-3. Scope of act -- When agreements between an employee and employer are enforceable or unenforceable with respect to employment inventions -- Exceptions.
| (2) | An agreement between an employee and employer may require the employee to assign or license, or to offer to assign or license, to the employer any or all of the employee's rights and intellectual property in or to an employment invention. |
| (3) | Subsection (1) does not apply to:
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| (4) | Notwithstanding Subsection (1), an agreement is enforceable under Subsection (1) if the employee's employment or continuation of employment is not conditioned on the employee's acceptance of such agreement and the employee receives a consideration under such agreement which is not compensation for employment. |
| (5) | Employment of the employee or the continuation of the employee's employment is sufficient consideration to support the enforceability of an agreement under Subsection (2) whether or not the agreement recites such consideration. |
| (6) | An employer may require employees to agree to an agreement within the scope of Subsection (2) as a condition of employment or the continuation of employment. |
| (7) | An employer may not require employees to agree to anything unenforceable under Subsection (1) as a condition of employment or the continuation of employment. |
| (8) | Nothing in this chapter invalidates or renders unenforceable any employment agreement or provisions of an employment agreement unrelated to employment inventions. |
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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