[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR27.203-3]

[Page 492-493]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 27_PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 27.2_Patents
 
Sec.  27.203-3  Negotiated contracts (excluding construction).

    A patent indemnity clause is not required in negotiated contracts, 
(except construction contracts covered at

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27.203-5), but may be used as discussed in 27.203-4 below. A decision to 
omit a patent indemnity clause in a negotiated fixed-price contract 
described in this subsection should be based on a price consideration to 
the Government for forgoing the indemnification rights normally received 
by commercial purchasers of the same supplies or services.

[49 FR 12974, Mar. 30, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 2665, Jan. 17, 1986]