{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-501.972","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 501.972","heading":"Actions based upon use of a creation that is not protected under federal copyright law.","body":"(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.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not affect or limit:\n(a) Any cause of action based in copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secret; or\n(b) Any defense raised in connection with a cause of action described in paragraph (a).\nHistory.—s. 4, ch. 2006-196.","path":["CHAPTER 501 CONSUMER PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0500-0599/0501/0501.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:07:49Z","sha256":"504d112d2b7cb549647f78b989646f295cbe289989f8bbfdb28e3bb1a09dbbe9","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-501.971","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-501.973"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}