Official text of 552.227-70
As prescribed in 527.409 (a), insert the following clause:
Government Rights (Unlimited) (May 1989)(Deviation FAR 52.227-17)
The Government shall have unlimited rights in all drawings, designs, specifications, notes and other works developed in the performance of this contract, including the right to use same on any other Government design or construction without additional compensation to the Contractor. The Contractor hereby grants to the Government a paid-up license throughout the world to all such works to which he may assert or establish any claim under design patent or copyright laws. The Contractor for a period of three years after completion of the project agrees to furnish the original or copies of all such works on the request of the Contracting Officer.
(End of clause)
Where it's prescribed
As prescribed in 527.409 (a), insert the following clause:
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The text above is reproduced verbatim from GSA's published source files for the General Services Administration supplement. The controlling version is the one in the Code of Federal Regulations: 552.227-70 on eCFR.