Protección y Uso de Propiedad Intelectual en Texas

Sec. 12.020. PROTECTION AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) The department may: (1) apply for, register, secure, hold, and protect under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation: (A) a patent for an invention or discovery of, or improvement to, any process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter; (B) a copyright for an original work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression now known or later developed that can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated; (C) a trademark, service mark, collective mark, or certification mark for a word, name, symbol, device, or slogan, or any combination of those items, that has been adopted and used by the department to identify goods or services and distinguish those goods or services from other goods or services; or (D) other evidence of protection or exclusivity issued in or for intellectual property; (2) enter into a contract with an individual or company for the sale, lease, marketing, or other distribution of intellectual property of the department; (3) obtain under a contract entered into under Subdivision (2) a royalty, license right, or other appropriate means of securing appropriate compensation for the development or purchase of intellectual property of the department; and (4) waive or reduce the amount of a fee, royalty, or other thing of monetary or nonmonetary value to be assessed by the department if the department determines that the waiver will: (A) further the goals and mission