legislation: 102-s-1581

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102-s-1581 102 s 1581 Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 1991 Science, Technology, Communications 1991-07-29 1992-07-31 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 587. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 1 Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 1991 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to allow each Federal agency to: (1) secure copyright on behalf of the United States in any computer software prepared in whole or in part by U.S. employees under a cooperative research and development agreement or other authority, notwithstanding provisions of Federal copyright law; (2) grant in advance to a collaborating party licenses or assignments for the copyrights, or options thereto; and (3) when such an assignment is made, retain specified rights. Adds references to software and its author to provisions governing the distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  

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