45 CFR § 1631.11 - Intellectual property.

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title: "45 CFR § 1631.11 - Intellectual property."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1631.11"
section_name: "Intellectual property."
chapter_name: "LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION"
part_number: "1631"
part_name: "PURCHASING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2996g(e)."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 37341, Aug. 10, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1631.11 Intellectual property.

(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.