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Will these billions of tax dollars fund privately owned intellectual property?
by jchook 5y ago
Will these billions of tax dollars fund privately owned intellectual property?
- Isinlor 5y agoBlue Origin was in breach of solicitation requirements that would likely result in in intellectual property disputes with the government [0]. I don't think NASA found any issues with SpaceX and Dynamics proposal with regard to IP licensing rights. > Blue’s approach to data rights is likely to result in protracted intellectual property (IP) disputes during contract performance and generally creates a high risk that the Government will obtain lower IP licensing rights than it is otherwise entitled to under the contract. (...) this aspect of Blue’s proposal is non-compliant with the solicitation’s instructions. Blue’s proposal further impugns the Government’s potential rights in data by proposing to deliver data created in conjunction with NASA with less than a GPR license; this is prohibited by the solicitation. [0] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/option-a-source-selection-statement-final.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/option-...