The Florida Senate

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.