Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 11.401 — PROTECTION AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

PW § 11.401Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 11. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Art. N. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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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

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1132), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015. Redesignated from Parks and Wildlife Code, Section 11.351 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(34), eff. September 1, 2017.