Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 12.020 — PROTECTION AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

HS § 12.020Title 2. HEALTH · Part A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES · Ch. 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT

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(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;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0025, eff. April 2, 2015.