2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB558 177

Amendment No. 177

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 558                                                                       (BDR 52‑1480)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

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ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 5, renumbering sec. 6 as sec. 2 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 600 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     Except as otherwise provided by express written agreement, an employer is the sole owner of any patentable invention or trade secret developed by his employee during the course of the employment that relates directly to work performed during the course of the employment.”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 3, by deleting lines 4 through 6 and inserting:

“maintain its secrecy if the word “Confidential” or “Private” or another indication of secrecy is placed in a reasonably noticeable manner on any medium or container that describes or includes any portion of the trade secret. This presumption may be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence that the owner did not take reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy of the trade secret.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to information; providing additional protection for trade secrets; defining an employer’s right to intellectual property created by his employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.