Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Authority

• Authority: Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, Public Law 96-517 (35 U.S.C. 200 et seq.)

Description

• A Licensing Agreement transfers less than ownership rights in intellectual property, such as a patent or software copyright, to permit its use by the licensee.

  Licenses vary from commercial, noncommercial, and government use.

  Licenses can be exclusive, for a specific field of use or for a specific geographical area, or non-exclusive.

Features/Characteristics

• Commercial licenses can be exclusive, nonexclusive or option for a specific period of time.

  If a commercial license is granted, the licensee must follow through with the commercialization of the technology.

  Noncommercial licenses are used by education institutions and not for profit organizations; particularly useful for during the beta testing stages of software development.

  Government-Use License: The government has a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to use copyrighted data or software on behalf of the government.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

• commercial license agreement includes fair market value compensation to the laboratory, and the potential licensee must present plans for commercialization.

  Noncommercial License Fee is typically charged one-time.

  Government-Use License: The government has a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to use copyrighted data or software on behalf of the government.

• Department of the Air Force
• Department of the Army
• Department of the Navy
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Environmental Protection Agency