Government Contracts Intellectual Property & Data Rights

Akin’s government contracts team represents businesses, universities and nonprofit organizations on a wide range of intellectual property (IP), technology transfer and data rights matters.

Our lawyers routinely guide government contractors seeking protections for their innovations in software, data and other emerging technologies. The team also assists clients partnering with the government or supplying the government with patented technologies, including advising on licensing.

Our IP and data rights lawyers combine substantial trial experience with a real depth of technical experience. Our practice is comprised of patent litigators and trial lawyers who have backgrounds in engineering and science.

We also help clients address the IP and data rights issues that arise in transactions, including those involving subcontracts, research and development contracts, funding agreements, grants, cooperative agreements and to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. In addition, our lawyers advise on standard and nonstandard data rights clauses and other applicable clauses in government contracts.