PART 27 – PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS

Refer all patent, copyright, rights in data, and trademark matters through the Office of Counsel to DLA General Counsel.

(e) Specific patents may be excluded in accordance with FAR 27.201-2(e) only with the prior approval of DLA General Counsel.

(c) Contracting officers shall insert the clause at DFARS 252.227-7025, Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends, in solicitations and contracts if the POT includes Standard Text Object (STO) RD002, Covered Defense Information Applies; STO RD003, Covered Defense Information Potentially Applies; or STO RQ032, Export Control of Technical Data. These STOs indicate the Government may need to provide controlled technical data to a contractor for performance of its contract. Such data could potentially be marked with another contractor’s restrictive legend(s), which meets the conditions for use of the clause at DFARS 227.7103-6(c).

Distribution, transfer, or disclosure of export-controlled technology, technical information, or data to foreign persons or companies may constitute an export under applicable export control regulations, requiring either an export license or an authorization for such distribution, transfer, or disclosure. The contracting officer shall comply with 4.7303-1, General; 25.7902-4, Procedures; DFARS 227.71, Rights in Technical Data; and DFARS PGI 225.7901-2, Export Control, General, to ensure that only contractors that meet the qualifications in STO RQ032, Export Control of Technical Data, have access to controlled technical data.

For EBS users when export control applies, STO CS003, Identifying Export Control Technical Data, appears on the purchase request (PR) trailer, and STO RQ032 appears in the POT.

Contractors must have DLA controlling authority approval to be eligible for award, unless one of the exceptions at PGI 25.7902-4(S-92) applies.