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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">227.7103-15</ph> Subcontractor rights in technical data.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  10 U.S.C. 2320 provides subcontractors at all tiers the same protection for their rights in data as is provided to prime contractors.  The clauses at 
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            , Rights in Technical Data–Noncommercial Items, and 
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            , Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data, implement the statutory requirements.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  10 U.S.C. 2321 permits a subcontractor to transact directly with the Government matters relating to the validation of its asserted restrictions on the Government's rights to use or disclose technical data.  The clause at 
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             obtains a contractor's agreement that the direct transaction of validation or challenge matters with subcontractors at any tier does not establish or imply privity of contract.  When a subcontractor or supplier exercises its right to transact validation matters directly with the Government, contracting officers shall deal directly with such persons, as provided at 
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            (c)(3).</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)  Require prime contractors whose contracts include the following clauses to include those clauses, without modification except for appropriate identification of the parties, in contracts with subcontractors or suppliers, at all tiers, who will be furnishing technical data for non-commercial items in response to a Government requirement:</p>
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            , Rights in Technical Data–Noncommercial Items;</p>
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            , Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends;</p>
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            , Technical Data or Computer Software Previously Delivered to the Government; and</p>
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            , Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical Data.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(d)  Do not require contractors to have their subcontractors or suppliers at any tier relinquish rights in technical data to the contractor, a higher tier subcontractor, or to the Government, as a condition for award of any contract, subcontract, purchase order, or similar instrument except for the rights obtained by the Government under the Rights in Technical Data–Noncommercial Items clause contained in the contractor's contract with the Government.</p>
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