TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 1 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

SUBCHAPTER H - CLAUSES AND FORMS

PART 52 - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.227 - 18 - Rights in DataExisting Works.

As prescribed in 27.409(j), insert the following clause: Rights in DataExisting Works (JUN 1987) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor grants to the Government, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government, for all the material or subject matter called for under this contract, or for which this clause is specifically made applicable.

  (b) The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees acting for the Government against any liability, including costs and expenses, incurred as the result of (1) the violation of trade secrets, copyrights, or right of privacy or publicity, arising out of the creation, delivery, publication or use of any data furnished under this contract; or (2) any libelous or other unlawful matter contained in such data. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply unless the Government provides notice to the Contractor as soon as practicable of any claim or suit, affords the Contractor an opportunity under applicable laws, rules, or regulations to participate in the defense thereof, and obtains the Contractor's consent to the settlement of any suit or claim other than as required by final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and do not apply to material furnished to the Contractor by the Government and incorporated in data to which this clause applies.

(End of clause) [52 FR 18154, May 13, 1987]