FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 227: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 227.71

DFARS 227.7105-3 Acquisition of modified existing works.

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.

The text

Use the clause at 252.227-7020, Rights in Special Works, in solicitations and contracts for modified existing works in lieu of the clause at 252.227-7021, Rights in Data—Existing Works.

Sections it refers to

252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
252.227-7021 Rights in data—existing works.

Sections that refer to it

252.227-7020 Rights in special works.

← 227.7105-2 Acquisition of existing works without modification. · 227.7106 Contracts for special works. →

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.