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§ 57-3C-3 NMSA 1978

Patents and copyrights as state property exception

Known as the Patent and Copyright Act

The act spans §§ 57–57 (5 sections).

Laws 2001, ch. 346, § 3.

A. Inventions, innovations, works of authorship and their associated materials that are developed by a state employee, except an employee of a state educational institution, within the scope of his employment or when using state-owned or state-controlled facilities or equipment are the property of the state.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply to a state employee employed by a state educational institution designated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.