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SB 1174 Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretary of Administration to establish policies regarding.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Patent and copyright policies of the Commonwealth. Requires the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Technology, to establish policies, subject to the approval of the Governor, regarding the use of patents and copyrights owned by the Commonwealth. Such policies shall include, at a minimum, the following:
1. A policy granting state agencies the authority over the protection and release of patents and copyrights created by employees of the agency. Such policy shall authorize state agencies to release all potentially copyrightable materials under the Creative Commons or Open Source Initiative licensing system, as appropriate.
2. A provision authorizing state agencies to seek patent protection only in those instances where the agency reasonably determines the patent has significant commercial value. The responsible state agency shall file with the Secretary a summary of the expected commercial value of the patent.
3. A procedure authorizing state agencies to license or transfer to a state employee any interest in potentially patentable material developed by that employee during work hours.
4. A procedure authorizing state agencies to license or transfer to a private entity any interest in potentially patentable material developed by that agency.
The bill also requires the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Technology, to submit a final copy of the patent and copyright policy to the House Committee on Science and Technology, Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science no later than December 1, 2009.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095820868 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/09 House: Committee substitute printed 095866348-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1174ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1174ER2) pdf
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095820868
- 01/13/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/28/09 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/09 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/09 House: Read first time
- 02/11/09 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 02/16/09 House: Reported from Science and Technology with substitute (17-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/09 House: Committee substitute printed 095866348-H1
- 02/18/09 House: Read second time
- 02/19/09 House: Read third time
- 02/19/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 095866348-H1
- 02/19/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1174H1
- 02/19/09 House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/09 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/09 Senate: Title replaced 095866348-H1
- 02/28/09 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1174ER)
- 02/28/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/09 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/07/09 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/08/09 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1174ER2)
- 04/08/09 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Enacted, Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/09)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)