{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-1631.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 1631.11","heading":"Intellectual property.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XVI—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION","PART 1631—PURCHASING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT","Subpart C—Personal Property Management"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"d7ad0a7ea0a1e21adf3789e0c4feda0d36701563e04b44bbfcded593b0f07a8a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-1631.10","next":"us/45-cfr-1631.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}