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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

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Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. important;}}.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

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In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. ” As Thomas Creel points out in Are Patents Property That is Protected By The US Constitution? University Of Houston System, No.

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The US’ Review of March-in Rights, and Some Questions on an Indian Counterpart

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image from here The US’ Review of March-in Rights, and Some Questions on an Indian Counterpart By Jyotpreet Kaur As many readers would know, the US government, especially through its US Trade Representative’s office, had been hounding India for years after a single compulsory licence, subjected to much judicial scrutiny, had been granted.