Bill Text: MN SF2990 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Copyright interests in government data assertion limitation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - Referred to Judiciary [SF2990 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2990-Introduced.html
1.2relating to data practices; limiting assertion of copyright interests in government
1.3data;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 5. Copyright or patent of government data. (a) A government entity must
1.7not claim or enforce a copyright interest in government data unless the government entity
1.8has express statutory authority to do so.
1.9(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a government entity may enforce a copyright or
1.10acquire a patent for a computer software program or components of a program created by
1.11that government entity without statutory authority. In the event that a government entity
1.12acquires a patent to a computer software program or component of a program, the data
1.13shall be treated as trade secret information pursuant to section13.37 .
1.3data;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 5. Copyright or patent of government data. (a) A government entity must
1.7not claim or enforce a copyright interest in government data unless the government entity
1.8has express statutory authority to do so.
1.9(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a government entity may enforce a copyright or
1.10acquire a patent for a computer software program or components of a program created by
1.11that government entity without statutory authority. In the event that a government entity
1.12acquires a patent to a computer software program or component of a program, the data
1.13shall be treated as trade secret information pursuant to section
