Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 137G - Food Delivery Platforms

• Consent: means a mutual acknowledgment by a restaurant and a food delivery platform, which may be obtained electronically. See Iowa Code 137G.1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Likeness: means a mark or trade name. See Iowa Code 137G.1
• Mark: means a trademark or service mark, regardless of whether the trademark or service mark is actually registered with the state or other entity. See Iowa Code 137G.1
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• platform: means a business that acts as a third-party intermediary by taking and arranging for the delivery or pickup of orders from multiple restaurants for consumers, not including delivery or pickup orders placed directly with, and fulfilled by, a restaurant. See Iowa Code 137G.1
• Restaurant: means a business in the state that operates its own permanent food service facilities with commercial cooking equipment on its premises and prepares and offers to sell multiple entrees for consumption on or off the premises. See Iowa Code 137G.1
• sell: means a transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other means, but excludes a wholesale transaction with a distributor or hearing aid specialist, and excludes the temporary, charitable loan or educational loan of a hearing aid without remuneration. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Trade name: means a name used by a person or entity to identify a person or entity's vocation. See Iowa Code 137G.1