Proprietary Rights and Data: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 of the Select Committee on Small Business, House of Reresentatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 51 ... March 29, 30, and 31, 1960

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Examines allegations that small business concerns are required to supply information to prime contractors or to the Government including invaluable privately owned technological data, which is subsequently made available to other bidders and contractors.

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Page 7 - ... development and delivery of hardware, or for the development of a practical process, the instructions as to what data the contractor is to be required to furnish should ordinarily be set forth in the work statement or be included in a Schedule provision calling for reports. In any event, the contractor shall be required to furnish to the Government for the price of the work all data resulting directly from performance of the contract, whether or not it would otherwise be "proprietary data.
Page 90 - This legend shall be marked on any reproduction hereof in whole or in part.
Page 208 - States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use or manufacture the same, the owner's remedy shall be by action against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture.
Page 11 - The provisions of this clause shall be applicable only if the amount of this contract exceeds $10,000. (a) The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer, promptly and In reasonable written detail, each notice or claim of patent or copyright infringement based on the performance of this contract of which the Contractor has knowledge.
Page 11 - Data under this contract, now has, or prior to completion or final settlement of this contract may acquire, the right to grant such license without becoming liable to pay compensation to others solely because of such grant.
Page 207 - While that court dismissed the action on the ground that the complaint did not state a cause of action in tort, suit was brought in the Court of Claims for breach of contract and judgment was awarded on that basis.
Page 16 - The Government may duplicate, use and disclose, in any manner for its Government purposes, including delivery to other governments for the furtherance of mutual defense of the United States Government...
Page 15 - Data. (e) Nothing contained in this clause shall imply a license to the Government under any patent or be construed as affecting the scope of any license or other rights otherwise granted to the Government under any patent.
Page 51 - For the purpose of this clause, "proprietary data" means data providing information concerning the details of a Contractor's secrets of manufacture, such as may be contained In but not limited to his manufacturing methods or processes, treatment and chemical composition of materials, plant layout and tooling, to the extent that such information is not...
Page 208 - The purpose of the amendment was to relieve the contractor entirely from liability of every kind for the infringement of patents in manufacturing anything for the Government and to limit the owner of the patent and his assigns and all claiming through or under him to suit against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture. The word

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