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Intellectual Property: Navigating through Commercial Waters: Issues and Solutions When Negotiating Intellectual Property with Commercial Companies
Intellectual Property Navigating through Commercial Waters Issues and Solutions When Negotiating Intellectual Property with Commercial Companies Author:Department of Defense This guide is intended to provide the information government contracting officers need to negotiate IP arrangements. Such negotiations should balance the needs of the government and industry, resulting in a win-win solution. This guide is not inclusive of all IP issues and is not meant to be a complete treatise on all nuances of IP. Throughout t... more »his guide, the FAR and DFARS clauses relating to IP are discussed. The specific terms in this guide are primarily focused on FAR-based contracts. However, the solutions cited here can be applied, with appropriate legal counsel, to negotiating alternative vehicles such as "other transactions," cooperative agreements, cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs), and grants. Current as of 2009/2010. (Originally published by the U.S. Government in color)« less