04-B2 State Health Services Contract

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Contractor must give DSHS and the State of Texas, as well as any person designated by DSHS and the State of Texas, all assistance required to perfect the rights defined herein without charge or expense beyond those amounts payable to Contractor for goods provided or services rendered under this Contract. (c) If federal funds are used to finance activities supported by this Contract that result in the production of intellectual property, the federal awarding agency reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use, for federal government purposes (1) the copyright in any intellectual property developed under this Contract, including any subcontract and (2) any rights of copyright to which a Contractor purchases ownership with contract funds. Contractor shall place an acknowledgment of federal awarding agency grant support and a disclaimer, as appropriate, on any publication written or published with such support and, if feasible, on any publication reporting the results of or describing a grant- supported activity. An acknowledgment shall be to the effect that "This publication was made possible by grant number from (federal awarding agency)" or "The project described was supported by grant number from (federal awarding agency)" and "Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the (federal awarding agency)." (d) In the event the terms of a federal grant award the copyright to Contractor, DSHS reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use, for DSHS, public health, and state governmental noncommercial purposes (1) the copyright, trademark, service mark, and/or patent on an invention, discovery, or improvement to any process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter; products; technology; scientific information; trade secrets; and computer software, in any work developed under a grant, subgrant, or contract under a grant or subgrant; and (2) any rights of copyright, service or trade marks or patents to which a grantee, sub grantee or a Contractor purchases ownership with contract funds. (e) If the results of the contract performance are subject to copyright law, the Contractor cannot publish those results without prior review and approval of DSHS. Contractor shall submit requests for review and approval to the Division Contract Management Unit assigned to the Program Attachment. Section 13.06 Other Intangible Property. At the conclusion of the contractual relationship between Department and the Contractor, for any reason, Department shall have the sole ownership rights and interest in all non-copyrightable intangible property that was developed, produced or obtained by Contractor as a specific requirement under the Contract or under any grant that funds this Contract, such as domain names, URLs, etc. Contractor shall cooperate with Department and perform all actions necessary to transfer ownership of such property to the Department or its designee, or otherwise affirm Department's ownership rights and interest in such property. This provision shall survive the termination or expiration of the Contract. General Provisions (Core Subrecipient 2008) 6/12/2007 27