Intellectual Property-Navigating through Commercial Waters
Intellectual Property-Navigating through Commercial Waters
Summary
A DoD guide, "Intellectual Property: Navigating Through Commercial Waters" (Version 1.1, October 15, 2001), issued under the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. It equips the acquisition community and industry partners to negotiate IP terms with commercial firms, covering IP principles and framework, planning and market research, and the major IP issues that deter companies from responding to government solicitations, along with FAR/DFARS clause summaries. Though focused on FAR-based contracts, it states its solutions can be applied, with counsel, to alternative vehicles such as other transactions, cooperative agreements, CRADAs, and grants, with particular attention to nontraditional contractors.