Intellectual property.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 2

(a) (i) Costs of preparing disclosures, reports, and other documents required by the Federal award, and of searching the art to the extent necessary to make such disclosures; (ii) Costs of preparing documents and any other patent costs in connection with the filing and prosecution of a United States patent application where title or royalty-free license is required by the Federal Government to be conveyed to the Federal Government; and (iii) General counseling services relating to patent and copyright matters, such as advice on patent and copyright laws, regulations, clauses, and employee intellectual property agreements (See also § 200.459). (2) The following costs related to securing patents and copyrights are unallowable: (i) Costs of preparing disclosures, reports, and other documents, and of searching the art to make disclosures not required by the Federal award; (ii) Costs in connection with filing and prosecuting any foreign patent application, or any United States patent application, where the Federal award does not require conveying title or a royalty-free license to the Federal Government. (b) (i) The Federal Government already has a license or the right to free use of the patent or copyright. (ii) The patent or copyright has been adjudicated to be invalid, or has been administratively determined to be invalid. (iii) The patent or copyright is considered to be unenforceable. (iv) The patent or copyright is expired. (2) Special care should be exercised in determining

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 2:§ 200.448