Missouri Laws 306.900 – Direct molding process — use of to duplicate hulls prohibited, when — ..
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “Direct molding process”, any direct molding process in which the original manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 306.900
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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 any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Vessel: every motorboat and every description of motorized watercraft, and any watercraft more than twelve feet in length which is powered by sail alone or by a combination of sail and machinery, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but not any watercraft having as the only means of propulsion a paddle or oars. See Missouri Laws 306.010
(2) “Mold”, a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped;
(3) “Person”, any individual, partnership, corporation, firm or association;
(4) “Plug”, a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication.
2. (1) No person shall use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel made by another person without the written permission of that other person.
(2) No person shall knowingly sell a vessel hull or component part of a vessel duplicated in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
3. (1) Any person injured in his business by virtue of any violation of subsection 2 may sue and shall recover threefold the damages incurred by virtue of such violation and the costs of suit and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(2) Any person injured in his business by virtue of any violation of subsection 2 may sue for injunctive relief and injunctive relief may be granted regardless of the failure of the plaintiff to show irreparable injury.