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FAR 52.227-2 Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement.

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 clause requires a contractor to promptly report to the Contracting Officer any notice or claim of patent or copyright infringement related to the contract. It also requires the contractor to provide evidence and information if the Government faces a claim or suit, and to include this clause in certain subcontracts.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors performing under a contract that includes this clause

What it requires

  • Report each notice or claim of patent or copyright infringement based on contract performance to the Contracting Officer promptly and in reasonable written detail.
  • Furnish to the Government, when requested, all evidence and information in the Contractor's possession pertaining to any claim or suit against the Government for alleged infringement arising out of contract performance or use of supplies, work, or services under the contract.
  • Include the substance of this clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award.

Key terms: patent or copyright infringement · Contracting Officer · simplified acquisition threshold · subcontracts · indemnify

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 27.201-2(b), insert the following clause:

Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement (JUN 2020)

(a) The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer, promptly and in reasonable written detail, each notice or claim of patent or copyright infringement based on the performance of this contract of which the Contractor has knowledge.

(b) In the event of any claim or suit against the Government on account of any alleged patent or copyright infringement arising out of the performance of this contract or out of the use of any supplies furnished or work or services performed under this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when requested by the Contracting Officer, all evidence and information in the Contractor's possession pertaining to such claim or suit. Such evidence and information shall be furnished at the expense of the Government except where the Contractor has agreed to indemnify the Government.

(c) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts that are expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 on the date of subcontract award.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.227-1 Authorization and Consent. · 52.227-3 Patent Indemnity. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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