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...Any person who provides any of the services described in section 1333.22 or 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall provide the owner a receipt at the time the person receives the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods from the owner. The person shall make a good faith effort to include the number of items he receives and the owner's name and either the owner's telephone number or his mailing address, inclu...

...ascertained by a reasonable effort, the publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the county of a notice that states the time and place of the proposed sale or other disposition of the owner's garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods constitutes sufficient notice under section 1333.22 or 1333.23 of the Revised Code if the time requirement of this section is satisfied. The person shall pub...

...d goods under sections 1333.22 to 1333.24 of the Revised Code; (B) Hold any surplus arising from the sale subject to the order of the owner; (C) Immediately after the sale, mail by ordinary mail to the owner at his mailing address, if that address was given at the time the person received the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods from the owner and is accurate and complete or can be ascertained by...

...All persons taking advantage of sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code shall keep posted in a prominent place in their receiving office at all times two notices that shall read substantially as follows: (A) "All articles that are cleaned, pressed, glazed, washed, altered, or repaired and that are not called for in one hundred twenty days will be sold to pay the requisite charges and certain notification exp...

...Nothing in sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code prohibits any person from commencing a civil action to collect unpaid charges for services, labor, or storage described in section 1333.22 or 1333.23 of the Revised Code from the owner of any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods who is responsible for the unpaid charges, except that the proceeds of any sale conducted pursuant to sections 133...

...A person who sells, gives away, or otherwise disposes of any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods or causes any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods to be sold, given away, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code is not liable in damages in a civil action to any person for any injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly...

...As used in sections 1333.29 to 1333.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Molder" means any person, including, but not limited to, a tool or die maker, who does either of the following: (1) Fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes, or improves, a die, mold, pattern, or form to produce plastic, metal, paper, china, ceramic, glass, or rubber products; (2) Uses a die, mold, pattern, or form to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise...

...If a customer does not take possession of a die, mold, pattern, or form located in this state within three years of the date it was last used, and no agreement in writing between the customer and the molder is made to the contrary, all of the customer's rights and title to, and interest in the die, mold, pattern, or form may be transferred to the molder for the purpose of destroying such die, mold, pattern, or form. ...

...(A)(1) A molder has a lien on a die, mold, pattern, or form that is in his possession and that belongs to a customer, for the following: (a) The amount due from the customer for plastic, metal, paper, china, ceramic, glass, or rubber fabrication work performed with the die, mold, pattern, or form, or for making or improving the die, mold, pattern, or form; (b) The cost associated with the notification described in ...

...r purposes of sections 1333.32 to 1333.34 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) "Customer" means a person that causes a moldbuilder to fabricate, cut, cast, or design molds. (B) "Mold" means molds, dies, forms, tools, and parts, for the plastic industry or for the metal forming industry. (C) "Moldbuilder" means a person, including but not limited to, a model maker, patternmaker, die maker, jig and f...

...de is void and unenforceable as against public policy. Division (E)(1) of this section does not affect the validity of other provisions of the contract or of a related document, policy, or agreement that can be given effect without the voided provision. (2) Any provision of a contract requiring the application of the law of another state rather than sections 1333.32 to 1333.34 of the Revised Code is void and unenfor...

... violation of sections 1333.32 to 1333.34 of the Revised Code may obtain appropriate legal and equitable relief, including damages, in a civil action. (E) In any action by a moldbuilder to enforce a perfected lien described in section 1333.33 of the Revised Code, the court shall award the moldbuilder that is the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and expenses related to enforcement of the lien.

...'s sale" means any offer to sell to the public, or sale to the public of goods, wares, or merchandise upon the implied or direct holding out, or representation that such sale is being conducted under any one or combination of the following circumstances: (1) That such sale is being conducted because of bankruptcy or receivership occurring on or at the premises. (2) That, at the premises where a person suffered bank...

...ntent to mislead or deceive the general public, advertise, offer to sell, or sell additional merchandise at the bankruptcy sale or at a receiver's sale.

...ntent to mislead or deceive the general public, provided, however, that goods and merchandise stored in a warehouse shall not be presumed to be part of such sale.

...ty bond in accordance with section 1333.42 of the Revised Code or file an application as described in division (D) of that section with the appropriate court of common pleas, then the bailee for hire may enforce the lien pursuant to the procedure in this section. (B) To enforce the lien created by division (A) of this section, a bailee for hire shall do all of the following: (1) Send a written notice as described i...

...d section 1333.41 of the Revised Code, "public or private construction project" means a construction project that is for public or private purposes and that is located, in whole or in part, in this state or another state. (B) If a bailee for hire performs services or provides materials with respect to any personal property of the owner of, or principal contractor associated with, a public or private construction pro...

...ntent to sell or use for profit through public performance any product derived from the transcription. Each transcription of sound in violation of division (A)(1) of this section is a separate offense. (2) Advertise, offer for sale, or sell, any product knowing it to have been produced in violation of division (A)(1) of this section. (B) No person shall purposely manufacture, sell, or distribute for profit any phon...

...No person who engages in the business of preparing for others or assisting others to prepare any tax return or who has access to the records of a person, corporation, or firm engaging in such business shall disclose any information, including a name or address, obtained from or through any person in connection with the preparation of that person's tax return unless such disclosure is necessary to the preparation of t...

...Where any merchandise is offered for sale by means of its voluntary delivery to an offeree who has neither ordered nor requested it, the delivery of such merchandise constitutes an unconditional gift to the recipient.

...As used in sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means. (B) "Misappropriation" means any of the following: (1) Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know t...

...(A) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, unless the court finds that termination of the injunction is likely to provide a person who committed an actual or threatened misappropriation with a resulting commercial advantage, in which case the injunction shall be continued for an additional reas...

...(A) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant in a civil action is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages may include both the actual loss caused by misappropriation and the unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account...

...The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party, if any of the following applies: (A) A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith. (B) A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith. (C) Willful and malicious misappropriation exists.

...In an action under sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means that may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without prior court approval.