FTTA definition
Examples of FTTA in a sentence
This PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INITIATED STUDY Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is entered into under the authority of the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) of 1986, 15 U.S.C. § 3710a, et seq., and shall be effective on the date of the last signature of the Parties.
In accordance with the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA), 15 U.S.C. § 3710a, this CRADA (herein after, “Agreement”) is entered into by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration located at ▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (hereinafter referred to as “NASA”) and <full name of Collaborating Party>, located at <Collaborating Party’s address>, (hereinafter referred to as “Collaborating Party”).
While Federal patent law (35 U.S.C. at Sections 200-212) authorizes the licensing of Government-owned patent rights, the FTTA seeks to facilitate technological collaboration at an earlier stage.
For inventions developed wholly by CDC and ATSDR investigators or jointly with a collaborator under a CRADA, CDC and ATSDR are required by the FTTA at 15 U.S.C. Section 3710(a)(b)(2) to retain at least a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice the invention or to have the invention practiced throughout the world by or on behalf of the U.S. Government.
The CDC and ATSDR recognize that under the FTTA and the patent licensing law to which it refers, Congress and the President have chosen to utilize the patent system as the primary mechanism for transferring Government inventions to the private sector.
Under the FTTA, 15 U.S.C. at Section 3710(a)2, technology transfer, consistent with mission responsibilities, is also a responsibility of each laboratory science and engineering professional.
The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (FTTA, 15 U.S.C. at Section 3710), Executive Order 12591 of April 10, 1987, orders Federal laboratories to assist universities and the private sector in broadening our national technology base by moving new knowledge from the research laboratory into the development of new products and processes.
Thus the FTTA authorizes Federal laboratories to enter into CRADAs and to agree to grant intellectual property rights in advance to collaborators for inventions made in whole or part by Federal employees under the CRADA.
The parties understand that the provisions of that Act will govern should the question of intellectual property arise under this agreement and agree to negotiate in good faith, under the FTTA, at that time.
This Data Collection Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is entered into under the authority of the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) of 1986, 15 U.S.C. § 3710a, et seq., and shall be effective on the date of the last signature of the Parties.