Common use of Unlimited Rights Clause in Contracts

Unlimited Rights. The Government shall have unlimited rights in technical data that are— (i) Data pertaining to an item, component, or process which has been or will be devel- oped exclusively with Government funds; (ii) Studies, analyses, test data, or similar data produced for this contract, when the study, analysis, test, or similar work was specified as an element of performance; (iii) Created exclusively with Government funds in the performance of a contract that does not require the development, manufac- ture, construction, or production of items, components, or processes; (iv) Form, fit, and function data; (v) Necessary for installation, operation, maintenance, or training purposes (other than detailed manufacturing or process data); (vi) Corrections or changes to technical data furnished to the Contractor by the Gov- ernment; (vii) Otherwise publicly available or have been released or disclosed by the Contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on fur- ther use, release or disclosure, other than a release or disclosure resulting from the sale, transfer, or other assignment of interest in the technical data to another party or the sale or transfer of some or all of a business entity or its assets to another party; (viii) Data in which the Government has obtained unlimited rights under another Government contract or as a result of nego- tiations; or (ix) Data furnished to the Government, under this or any other Government con- tract or subcontract thereunder, with— (A) Government purpose license rights or limited rights and the restrictive condi- tion(s) has/have expired; or (B) Government purpose rights and the Contractor’s exclusive right to use such data for commercial purposes has expired.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Contract, Contract, Contract

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