Texas Local Government Code 270.009 – Intellectual Property of County
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 270.009
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A county may acquire, apply for, register, secure, hold, protect, and renew under the laws of this state, another state, the United States, or any other nation:
(1) a patent for the invention or discovery of:
(A) any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, art, or method;
(B) any new use of a known process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, art, or method; or
(C) any new and useful improvement on a known process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, art, or method;
(2) a copyright of an original work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which the work may be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device;
(3) a trademark, service mark, collective mark, or certification mark for a word, name, symbol, device, or slogan that the county uses to identify and distinguish the county’s goods and services from other goods and services; and
(4) other evidence of protection of exclusivity issued for intellectual property.