Intellectual Property in Government Contracts, 6th Ed.
Overview
Protect Your Intellectual Property in a Government Contract!
The newest edition of this practical resource enables you to fully account for the crucial changes made to:
* FAR Part 27—Patents, Data and Copyrights
* IP issues in RFPs, contracts, and disputes
* All recent legislation and case law relevant to the role of intellectual property in government contracts
Many unique intellectual property rules apply only in the area of government contracts — and failure to comply can lead to serious adverse consequences, including loss of one's patent or other intellectual property. Now, two respected experts in this field — Ralph C. Nash Jr., professor emeritus at GeorgeWashington University and Leonard Rawicz, counsel at Skadden,Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom — provide exclusive insights and reliable, practical guidance on protecting IP rights when entering into government contracts. This newly formatted, new edition helps avoid common and costly mistakes. This valuable resource also addresses the steps needed to segregate and protect your private work from the government work even while maintaining research activity. There is also a discussion on contractor remedies and the advantages of using Administrative Procedures over Judicial Procedures.
This book covers the most relevant areas of government contracting regulations pertaining to IP including:
o Bayh-Dole Act (35 USC 201-211) deals with rights to inventions under government contracts
o Executive Order 12591 extends Bayh-Dole Act to large businesses
o FAR 52.227-11(a) and FAR 52.227-12(a) state government patent policy applies to subject inventions
o FAR 52.227-12(c)(1) specifies when contractor must disclose subject invention or lose patent rights
o DFARS Part 227.71 covers rights in technical data
o DFARS Part 227.72 covers rights in computer software and documentation
Plus, this new edition will now offer an additional, optional annual supplement, the Intellectual Property in Government Contracts, 2008 Statutory and Regulatory Supplement, to keep completely current with all relevant statutes, regulations and case law changes from the past year that reference citations in the main volume.
Features
Features and Benefits
o Properly and confidently addresses IP matters in the RFP process to help win contracts and manage them correctly
o Stay current by providing references to relevant regulations that will help the user address IP issues in their contracts
o Covers a variety of technical and software/hardware IP issues which contractors face so they can effectively administer their contracts
o Protects contractors IP so as to avoid common obstacles such as inconsistent language from clause to clause; lack of familiarity with the rules regarding IP; the government's license to use contractors IP; relationship between independent research performed parallel to research performed under government contract; failure to take all proper precautions to protect IP rights from the start
o Provides extensive reliable insights and guards against the consequences of non-compliance that could lead to complete loss of the contractors IP (including patents, trademarks and copyrights)
Author
Ralph C. Nash, Jr. and Leonard Rawicz
Ralph C. Nash, Jr. is a widely recognized author and lecturer in the Government contracts field. He taught at the George Washington University Law School from 1960 to 1993, retiring to become Professor Emeritus. In 1960, he founded the University's Government Contracts Program and served as its Director from 1960 to 1966 and from 1979 to 1984. In addition to teaching, he does consulting work for government agencies, private corporations, and law firms. He is a member of the Public Contract Section of the American Bar Association, is a member of the Procurement Round Table, and is a Fellow and serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association. He was a member of the DOD Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Laws (Section 800 Panel). Professor Nash is the author of Government Contract Changes and the coauthor of several texts, including Formation of Government Contracts, Administration of Government Contracts, Competitive Negotiation: The Source Selection Process, Construction Contracting, Patents and Technical Data, and The Government Contracts Reference Book. He received an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from George Washington University.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Pub Date: October 2008
Binding: 6" x 9" Hardbound
Pages: 1448
ISBN: 9780808019343