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Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs

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This report is intended to help program managers understand categories of intellectual property, various challenges, and approaches to assessing licensing rights.
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Software Engineering Institute

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CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036
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10.1184/R1/6573143.v1
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Intellectual property (IP) is a critical consideration of most acquisitions that require sophisticated items or components and performance. Preparation of an intellectual property strategy is now a required element in Department of Defense acquisition guidance and major efforts such as Better Buying Power 2.0. The IP Strategy serves as a plan for competitive and affordable acquisition and sustainment of license rights in IP over the entire item or component lifecycle.

This report is intended to help program managers understand categories of IP, various IP challenges, and approaches to assessing the license rights that the program needs for long-term execution and sustainment. Developing a strategy for the entire product lifecycle to obtain specific rights can be a major challenge. The program manager must now prepare the IP Strategy early in the development lifecycle, prior to release of the solicitation, and update it prior to each milestone.
 

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Gross, C. (2014, October 14). Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036). Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573143.v1.

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author={Gross, Charlene},
title={Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs},
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Gross, Charlene. "Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs." (CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, October 14, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573143.v1.

C. Gross, "Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036, 14-Oct-2014 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573143.v1. [Accessed: 17-Sep-2026].

Gross, Charlene. "Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 14 Oct. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573143.v1. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

Gross, Charlene. Development of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Research Notes to Support Department of Defense Programs. CMU/SEI-2014-SR-036. Software Engineering Institute. 2014. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6573143.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573143.v1

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