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Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure to Funding Agencies and Agency March-in Rights

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While no agency has exercised these march-in rights, contractors should understand that the funding agency retains the right to compel a license on any subject invention to the United States or, in certain circumstances, to a third party. In these cases, it is up to the inventors to protect their invention by filing for a patent.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

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The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. Identification of any publication, sale, offer for sale, or public use of the subject invention, or publication of the invention. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application.

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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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But the Texas courts found no taking, reasoning that nothing was taken from the photographer as he still had the right to use, and license others to use, his photographs. ” As Thomas Creel points out in Are Patents Property That is Protected By The US Constitution? Click-To-Call Technologies, LP , 140, S.Ct.

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

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The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 8 released guidelines inviting comments on the use of March in rights. According to the NIST, the US govt invests approximately $115 billion in R&D through various universities, non-profits, and businesses.