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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Commercialisation Opportunities

Queensland Health is now offering expressions of interest to individuals and entities for the potential commercialisation of its products and services in health and medical research and development.

Please visit the Intellectual Property Commercialisation Opportunities page for more information.

Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Property (IP) office assists Queensland Health (QH) employees and external organisations/consultants manage IP created, purchased or used within QH.

For

Queensland Health employees who create IP

Queensland Health employees who purchase IP

Queensland Health employees who use IP owned by others

About

IP Policy

	1.	Queensland Health IP Policy

IP Procedures
	1.	Identifying Intellectual Property
		About: How to identify when IP is created within the course of employment with QH.
	2.	Ownership of IP
		About - How to clarify who owns IP created by QH employees and non QH employees.
	7.	Management of IP purchased by QH
		About: How to ensure that QH obtains either ownership of IP or appropriate rights to use IP when the IP is created by external organisations/consultants paid by QH.

IP Factsheets
	1.	Information for medical researchers
		About: The first steps that need to be taken before a patent application is filed.

IP Tools
	1.	QH Copyright Notice Table
		About: A list of currently approved QH copyright notices and statements to use on copyright material created by QH employees within the course of employment with QH.
	2.	QH IP Ownership Assessment Tool
		About: A tool to assist with the clarification of who owns intellectual property created by QH employees.
	3.	QH Invention Disclosure Form - Patents
		About: A confidential form for QH employees to use to disclose potentially patentable inventions to QH. Enables QH to undertake an initial evaluation to determine whether a patent application should be filed.

Moral Rights

Moral Rights Policy
	1.	QH moral rights policy

Moral Rights Procedure
	1.	The moral rights prior notification process for Capital Works and Asset Management Branch and District Managers
		About: The steps to take to notify artists or architects prior to undertaking any high profile substantial alteration of buildings or artworks.

Moral Rights Tool
	1.	Moral rights prior notification letter
		About: The template letter to send to artists or architects.