ACC NCR Data Rights in Government Contracting: A Case Study of Key Considerations

Please join our experienced panel of government contracts practitioners in exploring the multi-faceted intellectual property challenges that arise when doing business with the U.S. Government.  This panel will discuss a hypothetical case study highlighting key considerations to preserve your intellectual property and critical issues in government contracting data rights generally, including a discussion of relevant case law.  Through this case study, the panel will discuss strategic considerations involving:

·  Differences in data rights when doing business with civilian and DoD agencies

·  Risks and benefits of Independent Research & Development (IR&D) under government contracts

·  Completing the identification and assertion of Limited Rights Chart 

·  Addressing disputes when the government claims broader rights than asserted

·  Negotiating special data rights/Section H clauses and data rights in subcontracts

·  Bases for asserting rights

·  Requests to remove markings

Presented by Josh Mullen, Government Contracts and Business Litigation Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, Robert Lalley, Deputy Chief Counsel, Electronic Systems at BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., and Andrea Vavonese, Corporate Director, Division Counsel at Northrop Grumman.

Moderated by Nanda Alapati, Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.