Intellectual property is any intangible asset that consists of human knowledge and ideas.
In other words, something of value that cannot be physically touched, such as a copyright, trademark, or patent. Currently, no clear comprehensive law addresses the ownership rights of all intellectual property created or owned by the State of California, so the State's intellectual property is governed by many different statutes and case law decisions. There is also no inventory or archive of all state-owned intellectual property, and there is no coordinated state policy clarifying whether and how agencies and departments may license the use of State intellectual property. The Problem Since California law is silent about whether State intellectual property is in the public domain, that means that federal law must be followed. And under federal law, since the State has not waived any of its intellectual property rights, then no state intellectual property is in the public domain.