Patent License Agreement (PLA) at
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Authority
- 15 U.S.C. 3710a. The governing regulation is AR 70-57, Military-Civilian Technology Transfer, 26 February 2004
Description
- A Patent License Agreement (PLA) is a contractual agreement between the licensor (IP owner) and a licensee that grants the licensee the right to make, use and sell the patented invention. Can be exclusive, nonexclusive, for specific field of use, or a specific geographic area.
Features/Characteristics
- >U.S. industry/small businesses preferred customer.
Licensee must present plans to commercialize the invention.
Types of licenses include: - Exclusive license - limits the invention to only a single group or entity
- Nonexclusive license - allows the use of the invention by multiple groups or entities.
- Commercial evaluation license - grants a nonexclusive right to make and use the technology for the purpose of evaluating the technology internally. These licenses have a limited time span and do not grant any rights to sell the invention.
- Biological Material License - generally grants a license to technologies that are not protected by any intellectual property.
I.P. and Resource Commitment
- Government obtains a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for government use.
Royalties and fees are subject to negotiation.
Subject to conflict-of-interest rules.
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