FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 227: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 227.70
DFARS 227.7011 Procurement of rights in inventions, patents, and copyrights.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section states DoD policy to acquire rights under patents, patent applications, and copyrights when it benefits the Government and the price is fair, even without any infringement claim. It also directs which clauses are required or suggested for license agreements and assignments made under this policy.
Applies to: Department of Defense contracting for rights in inventions, patents, and copyrights
What it requires
- Use the required clause at 252.227-7004 for license agreements and assignments made under this paragraph
- Follow the instructions at 227.7009-3 and 227.7010 on applicability and use of those clauses insofar as pertinent
Key terms: patents · patent applications · copyrights · license agreements · assignments
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Even though no infringement has occurred or been alleged, it is the policy of the Department of Defense to procure rights under patents, patent applications, and copyrights whenever it is in the Government's interest to do so and the desired rights can be obtained at a fair price. The required and suggested clauses at 252.227-7004 and 252.227-7010 shall be required and suggested clauses, respectively, for license agreements and assignments made under this paragraph. The instructions at 227.7009-3 and 227.7010 concerning the applicability and use of those clauses shall be followed insofar as they are pertinent.
Sections it refers to
- 252.227-7004 License grant.
- 252.227-7010 License to other Government agencies.
- 227.7009-3 Additional clauses—contracts except running royalty contracts.
- 227.7010 Assignments.
← 227.7010 Assignments. · 227.7012 Contract format. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 227
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-08-25 · effective 2025-08-25
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Innovation Research Program Data Rights (DFARS Case 2019-D043) ↗ · final rule 2024-12-18 · effective 2025-01-17
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Use of DoD Program Nomenclature (DFARS Case 2021-D002) ↗ · proposed 2024-02-15 · comments due 2024-04-15
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.