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IC 32-34-6-1
Inapplicability of chapter; rights, title, or interest not granted
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply where a fabricator retains
title to and possession of a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern.
(b) This chapter does not grant a customer any rights, title, or
interest to a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
IC 32-34-6-2
"Customer" defined
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "customer" means an individual or
entity who contracts with or causes a fabricator:
(1) to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, form, jig,
or pattern; or
(2) to use a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern to manufacture,
assemble, or otherwise make a product.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
IC 32-34-6-3
"Fabricator" defined
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fabricator" means an individual
or entity, including a tool or die maker, who:
(1) manufactures, causes to be manufactured, assembles, or
improves a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern for a customer; or
(2) uses a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern to manufacture,
assemble, or otherwise make a product for a customer.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
IC 32-34-6-4
"Within three (3) years after the last prior use" defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "within three (3) years after the
last prior use" includes any period after the last prior use of a die,
mold, form, jig, or pattern, regardless of whether the period was
before July 1, 1994.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
IC 32-34-6-5
Transfer of rights of customer to fabricator after three years
Sec. 5. If a customer does not take possession of the customer's
die, mold, form, jig, or pattern from a fabricator within three (3)
years after the last prior use of the die, mold, form, jig, or pattern, the
customer's rights, title, and interest in the customer's die, mold, form,
jig, or pattern are transferred to the fabricator pursuant to the
procedures of this chapter for purposes of destruction of the die,
mold, form, jig, or pattern.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
IC 32-34-6-7
Inapplicability; agreements; patent or copyright law or unfair
competition law
Sec. 7. Nothing in this chapter affects:
(1) a written agreement between the fabricator and customer
concerning possession of the die, mold, form, jig, or pattern; or
(2) any right of the customer under federal patent or copyright
law or any state or federal law pertaining to unfair competition.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.