The purpose of this Act is to safeguard the public against fraud, deceit, imposition of financial hardship, and to foster and encourage competition, fair dealing, and prosperity in the field of idea and invention development services by prohibiting or restricting false and misleading advertising, onerous contract terms, harmful financial practices, and other unfair, dishonest, deceptive, destructive, unscrupulous, fraudulent, and discriminatory practices by which the public has been injured in connection with such development services, but not to interfere with or further regulate by this Act, those persons who provide researching, marketing, surveying, or other kinds of consulting services to professional manufacturers, marketers, publishers or others purchasing such services as an adjunct to the traditional commercial enterprises in which they engage as a livelihood.
     Representation of a client by an attorney in connection with the sale or licensing of an invention is not intended to be regulated by this Act.