{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-52.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 52.152","heading":"PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a customer who is injured by an invention developer's:\n(1) violation of this chapter;\n(2) false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact; or\n(3) failure to make all disclosures required by this chapter.\n(b) A customer to whom this section applies may recover in a civil action against the invention developer:\n(1) the greater of:\n(A) the amount of any actual damages sustained by the customer; or\n(B) $1,000;\n(2) court costs; and\n(3) attorney's fees.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS","CHAPTER 52. INVENTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER D. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.52.htm#52.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"1f6d784b0e488a340ea552423b33ac22b0cac6904bb60d83e1bf2a3a8ea3601b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-52.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-52.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}