Government Contracts Insights

July 31, 2019 - Defense, Data Rights, Intellectual Property
DOD’s Other Transactions: Data Rights & Intellectual Property Simplified
How To Handle Intellectual Property Rights In OTs: The Department of Defense is actively pursuing “Other Transactions” (OTs) instead of procurement contracts. This allows DOD and its contractors to avoid many of the most burdensome aspects of the procurement regulations. But it also allows
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June 26, 2019 - Federal Procurement, Data Rights, Grants, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Supreme Court Removes “Substantial Competitive Harm” Requirement for Contractors Seeking to Protect Confidential Information from Release Under FOIA
By: Tina D. Reynolds, James A. Tucker and Locke Bell
You can rejoice in a recent Supreme Court decision if you have ever spent hours trying to convince a government agency not to release your company’s confidential information to the public in response to a Freedom of Information request. In a reversal of long-standing
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May 30, 2018 - Acquisition Regulations, Compliance, Data Rights, Intellectual Property
Sikorsky: What the GAO Said and Did Not Say About Soliciting Data Rights
By: Locke Bell
The GAO’s decision last week, denying in part and dismissing in part Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s much-watched protest of the Air Force’s solicitation to replace the UH-1N helicopter, deals an early (if light) blow to contractors in their fight against the Air Force’s recent data
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May 10, 2018 - Compliance, Data Rights, Grants, Intellectual Property
Bayh-Dole Regulatory Update Offers Clarifications to Federal Grantees and Contractors But Also Raises Specter of Government Interference with Patent Rights
By: Tina D. Reynolds
Effective May 1, 2018, newly issued federal government contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements will be subject to revised regulations implementing the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal statute governing title and license rights for inventions developed with federal funding. The new regulations were issued on April
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March 12, 2018 - Data Rights, Intellectual Property
Final GSA Rule on Commercial License Terms that Conflict with Federal Law
By: Locke Bell
Anyone who has endeavored to sell commercial software to the Federal government well knows there are devils hiding in the details of most commercial license agreements. The trick is knowing how to spot them – or, more precisely, agreeing which present legitimate conflict. To assist industry
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Topic Archives: Intellectual Property

DOD’s Other Transactions: Data Rights & Intellectual Property Simplified

Supreme Court Removes “Substantial Competitive Harm” Requirement for Contractors Seeking to Protect Confidential Information from Release Under FOIA

By: Tina D. Reynolds, James A. Tucker and Locke Bell

Sikorsky: What the GAO Said and Did Not Say About Soliciting Data Rights

By: Locke Bell

Bayh-Dole Regulatory Update Offers Clarifications to Federal Grantees and Contractors But Also Raises Specter of Government Interference with Patent Rights

By: Tina D. Reynolds

Final GSA Rule on Commercial License Terms that Conflict with Federal Law

By: Locke Bell