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45 CFR 1631.11: Intellectual property.

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  1. Title 45—Public Welfare
  2. Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare
  3. CHAPTER XVI—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
  4. PART 1631—PURCHASING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
  5. Subpart C—Personal Property Management

(a) A recipient owns all products, technologies, and software developed or improved using LSC funds, subject to any agreement the recipient may have with a third-party vendor. LSC retains a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, distribute, publish, and prepare derivative works of any LSC-funded products, technologies, and software, including making them available to other LSC grantees or the broader access to justice community and partners.

(b) A recipient must have a written contract with vendors who develop or improve LSC-funded products, technologies, and software. The contract must include a provision disclosing LSC's royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license and prohibiting third-party vendors from denying its existence, challenging its legality, or interfering with LSC's full exercise of it.

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