48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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15 sections with “intellectual property”

  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    … tooling, special test equipment, and real property. Government property does not include intellectual property and software. Loss of Government property means unintended, unforeseen or accidental loss, damage or destruction to Government …
  • DFARS 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    … shall contain— (i) A specific allocation of ownership, rights, and responsibilities for intellectual property (including inventions, patents, technical data, and computer software) resulting from the Small Business Technology Transfer (ST…
  • DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …fied, contains— (1) A specific allocation of ownership, rights, and responsibilities for intellectual property (including inventions, patents, technical data, and computer software) resulting from performance of this contract; (2) Identif…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    …l fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property interests; or (viii) Business ownership and investment interests.
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …ucts or commercial services; or (iii) Any information that would compromise an offeror's intellectual property to another offeror; (3) Reveals an offeror's price without that offeror's permission. However, the contracting officer may info…
  • FAR 27.204-2 Use of patented technology under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
    Article 31 of Annex 1C, Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, to GATT (Uruguay Round) addresses situations where the law of a member country allows for use of a patent without authorization, including use by th…
  • FAR 27.501 General.
    …edures regarding foreign technical assistance agreements and license agreements involving intellectual property, including avoiding unnecessary royalty charges.
  • FAR 45.000 Scope of part.
    …rogress, or performance based payments; (3) Disposal of real property; (4) Software and intellectual property; or (5) Government property that is incidental to the place of performance, when the contract requires contractor personnel to …
  • FAR 45.101 Definitions.
    … tooling, special test equipment, and real property. Government property does not include intellectual property and software. Loss of Government property means unintended, unforeseen or accidental loss, damage, or destruction of Government…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …l fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property interests; or (viii) Business ownership and investment interests. (b) Requirements. The Contractor shall— (1) Have procedures…
  • DFARS 202.101 Definitions.
    …acturer means an organization that designs and/or engineers a part and is entitled to any intellectual property rights to that part. Original equipment manufacturer means a company that manufactures products that it has designed from purch…
  • DFARS 227.7104-3 STTR program requirements.
    …ten agreement between the offeror and a research institution that allocates any rights in intellectual property and the offeror's written representation that the offeror is satisfied with the agreement. The contracting officer shall review …
  • DFARS 245.102 Policy.
    …r title solely because of partial, advance, progress, or performance-based payments; (G) Intellectual property or software; or (H) Real property. (5) Reporting Government property. It is DoD policy that all Government property be reporte…
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …acturer means an organization that designs and/or engineers a part and is entitled to any intellectual property rights to that part. Original equipment manufacturer means a company that manufactures products that it has designed from purch…
  • DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts.
    …acturer means an organization that designs and/or engineers a part and is entitled to any intellectual property rights to that part. Original equipment manufacturer means a company that manufactures products that it has designed from purch…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.