A parliamentary question seeks information on the intellectual property assets held by various WA health agencies. The responses reveal varying levels of IP management and valuation across the Department of Health, Office of Health Review, and Healthway.

AnsweredQoN 446Legislative Council
Asked
5 March 2003
Portfolio
Health

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(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?

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Answered
3 April 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
29 days
Department of Health
1.
No.
2.
Work is underway to establish an Intellectual Property management framework for health services, including appropriate registers, in accordance with the Government Intellectual Property Policy & Best Practice Guidelines, 2003.
3.
Methods of valuation have not yet been determined.
4.
See 3
5.
See 3
6.
No
7.
Not applicable
8.
Not applicable
Office of Health Review
1.
The Office of Health Review does not have a current register that lists the assets comprising the Intellectual Property.
2.
The Office of Health Review does not have any intellectual property.
3.
Not applicable
4.
Not applicable
5.
Nil
6.
The Office of Health Review does not have any intellectual property listed in the balance sheets or Annual Reports.
7.
Not applicable
8.
Not applicable
Healthway
1.
Healthway has undertaken the process of identifying and recording items of potential intellectual property (IP).
2.
Not applicable
3.
No
4.
Healthway's IP items appear to have only some marginal operational value.
5.
The value of these assets is $16,000
6.
Yes
7.
Yes. [See paper no. ]
8.
Not applicable

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