(a) All deliverables, as defined in the scope of work originated or prepared by the state-designated entity or state governance entity pursuant to its applicable contract, including papers, reports, charts, and other documentation, but not including the applicable entity’s administrative communications and records relating to the contract, shall, upon delivery and acceptance by the California Health and Human Services Agency, become the exclusive property of the state, and may be copyrighted by the state under the oversight of the agency.
(b) If any material funded pursuant to the contract may be copyrighted, the agency reserves the right to copyright the material, and the entity agrees not to copyright the material without prior written approval from the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The secretary shall consent to, or give a reason for the denial to, the entity in writing within 60 days of receipt of the request.
(c) If the material is copyrighted with the consent of the agency, the agency reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, prepare derivative works, publish, distribute, and use the materials, in whole or in part, and to authorize others to do so, provided written credit is given to the author.
(d) All inventions, discoveries, or improvements of the techniques, programs, or materials developed pursuant to the contract shall be the property of the agency. The agency agrees to grant a royalty-free, nonexclusive license for any invention, discovery, or improvement to the entity and further agrees that the entity may sublicense additional persons on the same royalty-free basis subject to the approval of the agency.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the intellectual property and copyright authority of the federal government.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 717, Sec. 18. (SB 853) Effective October 19, 2010.)
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