❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection's (DOCEP) intellectual property assets, but DOCEP states it doesn't maintain a register due to the limited and non-commercial nature of its IP.
AnsweredQoN 432Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
(1) Do the respective Departments or Agencies within your portfolio maintain a current register which lists the assets comprising the Intellectual Property of the respective Departments or Agencies?
(2) If not, why not?
(3) Are these assets valued on an annual basis?
(4) If not, why not?
(5) What is the capital value of these assets?
(6) Do the assets comprising the Intellectual Property of these Departments or Agencies appear in their respective balance sheets or Annual Reports?
(7) Will you table a copy of the respective registers?
(8) If not, why not?
(2) If not, why not?
(3) Are these assets valued on an annual basis?
(4) If not, why not?
(5) What is the capital value of these assets?
(6) Do the assets comprising the Intellectual Property of these Departments or Agencies appear in their respective balance sheets or Annual Reports?
(7) Will you table a copy of the respective registers?
(8) If not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 April 2003
Responded by
Minister for Racing and Gaming representing the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection
Response time
29 days
(1) The Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP) does not maintain a register solely for Intellectual Property. (2) DOCEP has few items that would be classified as intellectual property. Given this and the non-commercial nature of DOCEP’s activities, there is no compelling business case to justify committing public resources to creating and maintaining a register. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(2) DOCEP has few items that would be classified as intellectual property. Given this and the non-commercial nature of DOCEP’s activities, there is no compelling business case to justify committing public resources to creating and maintaining a register. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
(2) DOCEP has few items that would be classified as intellectual property. Given this and the non-commercial nature of DOCEP’s activities, there is no compelling business case to justify committing public resources to creating and maintaining a register. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable. (5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable. (6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(6) Not applicable. (7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(7) Not applicable. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
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