Hello and thank you for joining us for Episode 15 of Fun with the FAR Season 11!
Our next session will cover Part 27 (Patents, Data, and Copyrights)! As we prepare for our 16th episode of Season 11, here are a few Episode 16 FAR Facts for us to think about:
- The Government may authorize and consent to a contractor’s use of inventions in the performance of a Federal Government contract even though such use would violate a third party’s U.S. patent. FAR 27.102(b) and FAR 52.227-1.
- “Subject invention” means any invention of the contractor made in the performance of work under a Government contract. FAR 27.301.
- A contractor’s failure to timely disclose a subject invention created under a Federal Government contract could result in the Government obtaining sole title and ownership rights to that invention. FAR 27.302(d).
- The term “data” referred throughout FAR subpart 27.4 (Rights in Data and Copyrights) does not include information incidental to contract administration such as financial, administration, cost or pricing, or management information. FAR 27.401.
- All contracts that require data to be produced, furnished, acquired, or sued in meeting contract performance requirements, must contain terms that delineate the respective rights and obligations of the Government and the contractor regarding the use, reproduction and disclosure of that data. FAR 27.403.