Final rule on CRADA amendment
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Nonprofits and small businesses should negotiate with collaborating parties over patent rights, but "in the absence of an agreement, [a new federal provision] provides certain minimum rights for the collaborating party in inventions made by the contractor or grantee," the Commerce Department states in a final rule amending conditions for government Cooperative Research & Development Agreements. The rule goes into effect May 3...