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Space Act Agreements Guide 2008 1 NASA Advisory Implementing Instruction NAII 1050-1A Effective Date: August 15, 2008 SPACE ACT AGREEMENTS GUIDE Responsible Office: Office of the General Counsel Note: This Guide is intended to explain NASA agreement practice and provide assistance to those involved in formation and execution of Space Act Agreements. It does not establish substantive or procedural requirements. All references to such requirements contained in NASA Policy Directives (NPD), Advisory Implementing Instructions or other guidance should be verified by reviewing the cited authority directly. This Document Is Uncontrolled When Printed. Go to the NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) library for the current version before use. See, Current Directives, 1050.1H, “Authority to Enter into Space Act Agreements, Implementing Instruction NAII 1050-1A “Space Act Agreements Guide” http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/NPD_attachments/NAII_1050_1A.doc. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS – HYPERLINKS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION __________________________________________ 5 1.1. AUTHORITY AND POLICY______________________________________________ 5 1.2. SPACE ACT AGREEMENT DEFINED_____________________________________ 6 1.3. AGREEMENT FORMATION PROCESS ___________________________________ 7 Role of Agreement Manager _________________________________________________________ 7 The Preliminary Abstract Review Process ______________________________________________ 9 Space Act Agreement Review and Concurrence _________________________________________ 12 Space Act Agreement Recordkeeping _________________________________________________ 13 1.4. NONREIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT____________________________________ 13 1.5. REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT ________________________________________ 14 1.6. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT _______________________________________ 17 1.7. FUNDED AGREEMENT ________________________________________________ 17 1.8. SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES AGREEMENT TITLES _______________________ 18 1.8.1. UMBRELLA AGREEMENT (ANNEX) ________________________________________ 18 1.8.2. TECHNICAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (TEA) ______________________________ 20 1.8.3. LAUNCH SERVICES AGREEMENT (LSA)____________________________________ 20 1.8.4. SPACE STATION UTILIZATION AGREEMENT (SSUA) _______________________ 20 1.8.5. SPACE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (SSDA) _____________________ 20 1.8.6. JOINT ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (JEA)_____________________________________ 20 1.8.7. LOAN OF EQUIPMENT ____________________________________________________ 20 1.8.8. REIMBURSABLE TRAVEL _________________________________________________ 21 1.8.9. SOFTWARE USAGE AGREEMENT (SUA)____________________________________ 21 1.9. NON-AGREEMENTS___________________________________________________ 21 APPENDIX 1. AGREEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE __________________________ 23 1. OVERVIEW_________________________________________________________ 23 2. QUESTIONNAIRE ___________________________________________________ 23 CHAPTER 2. NONREIMBURSABLE AND REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS WITH DOMESTIC NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES _____________________ 33 2.1. GENERAL GUIDANCE_________________________________________________ 33 2.2. AGREEMENT CONTENTS _____________________________________________ 33 2.2.1. TITLE____________________________________________________________________ 34 2.2.2. AUTHORITY AND PARTIES________________________________________________ 34 2.2.3. PURPOSE ________________________________________________________________ 34 2.2.4. RESPONSIBILITIES _______________________________________________________ 34 2.2.5. SCHEDULE AND MILESTONES ____________________________________________ 36 2.2.6. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ________________________________________________ 36 2.2.7. PRIORITY OF USE ________________________________________________________ 38 2.2.8. NONEXCLUSIVITY________________________________________________________ 38 2.2.9. LIABILITY AND RISK OF LOSS ____________________________________________ 39 2.2.9.1. SAAs FOR SHARED BENEFITS -- CROSS-WAIVER AND FLOW DOWN______ 40 2.2.9.2. SAAs PRIMARILY BENEFITTING AN SAA PARTNER – UNILATERAL WAIVER AND INSURANCE ___________________________________________________ 41 3 2.2.9.3. INSURANCE COVERAGE ______________________________________________ 42 2.2.10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS _____________________________________ 43 2.2.10.1. DATA RIGHTS _______________________________________________________ 44 2.2.10.2. RIGHTS IN RAW DATA GENERATED UNDER THE AGREEMENT_________ 49 2.2.10.3. INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS ____________________________________ 50 2.2.10.4. PATENT AND COPYRIGHT USE -- AUTHORIZATION, CONSENT, AND INDEMNIFICATION__________________________________________________________ 54 2.2.11. USE OF NASA NAME AND EMBLEMS AND RELEASE OF GENERAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ________________________________________________ 55 2.2.12. DISCLAIMERS___________________________________________________________ 56 2.2.12.1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY_________________________________________ 56 2.2.12.2. DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT _____________________________________ 56 2.2.13. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS___________________________ 56 2.2.14. TERM OF AGREEMENT __________________________________________________ 57 2.2.15. RIGHT TO TERMINATE __________________________________________________ 57 2.2.16. CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS _____________________________________________ 58 2.2.17. MANAGEMENT POINTS OF CONTACT ____________________________________ 58 2.2.18. DISPUTE RESOLUTION __________________________________________________ 59 2.2.19. MISHAP INVESTIGATION ________________________________________________ 59 2.2.20. MODIFICATIONS ________________________________________________________ 59 2.2.21. ASSIGNMENT ___________________________________________________________ 60 2.2.22. APPLICABLE LAW_______________________________________________________ 60 2.2.23. INDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP___________________________________________ 60 2.2.24. LOAN OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY_____________________________________ 60 2.2.25 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS______________________________________________ 60 2.2.26. SIGNATORY AUTHORITY ________________________________________________ 61 APPENDIX 2. SAMPLE CLAUSES – NONREIMBURSABLE AND REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS WITH DOMESTIC NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ___________________________________________________________ 62 CHAPTER 3. NONREIMBURSABLE AND REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ______________ 106 3.1. GENERAL GUIDANCE________________________________________________ 106 3.2. AGREEMENTS WITH STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES _________ 106 3.3. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES _____________ 106 3.3.1. AUTHORITY AND PARTIES_______________________________________________ 107 3.3.2. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS _______________________________________________ 107 3.3.3. PRIORITY OF USE _______________________________________________________ 107 3.3.4. LIABILITY AND RISK OF LOSS ___________________________________________ 107 3.3.5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS _____________________________________ 108 3.3.6. RIGHT TO TERMINATE __________________________________________________ 108 3.3.7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION __________________________________________________ 109 3.3.8. LOAN OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:_____________________________________ 109 3.3.9. SIGNATORY AUTHORITY _______________________________________________ 109 APPENDIX 3. SAMPLE CLAUSES – NONREIMBURSABLE AND REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ____________________________________________________________________ 110 CHAPTER 4. AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN ENTITIES ________________ 115 4.1. GENERAL GUIDANCE________________________________________________ 115 4.2. INTERNATIONAL NONREIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT - MOU___________ 117 4 4.3. INTERNATIONAL NONREIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT - LETTER AGREEMENT ___________________________________________________________ 118 4.4. INTERNATIONAL REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT______________________ 118 4.5. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT CONTENTS ___________________________ 120 4.5.1. TITLE___________________________________________________________________ 121 4.5.2. AUTHORITY ____________________________________________________________ 121 4.5.3. BACKGROUND/PREAMBLE ______________________________________________ 122 4.5.4. PURPOSE/DESCRIPTION OF COOPERATION ______________________________ 122 4.5.5. RESPONSIBILITIES ______________________________________________________ 122 4.5.6. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ____________________________________________ 124 4.5.7. SCHEDULING CONFLICTS _______________________________________________ 124 4.5.8. MANAGEMENT POINTS OF CONTACT (POCs) _____________________________ 124 4.5.9. LIABILITY ______________________________________________________________ 125 4.5.9.1. LIABILITY AND RISK OF LOSS ________________________________________ 125 4.5.9.2. LIABILITY CONVENTION_____________________________________________ 125 4.5.10. REGISTRATION OF SPACE OBJECTS_____________________________________ 126 4.5.11. TRANSFER OF GOODS AND TECHNICAL DATA___________________________ 126 4.5.12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY_____________________________________________ 127 4.5.13. RIGHTS IN RESULTING DATA ___________________________________________ 129 4.5.14. RELEASE OF RESULTS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ____________________ 129 4.5.15. CUSTOMS/TAXES/IMMIGRATION _______________________________________ 130 4.5.16. OWNERSHIP OF EQUIPMENT ___________________________________________ 130 4.5.17. DISPUTE RESOLUTION _________________________________________________ 130 4.5.18. MISHAP INVESTIGATION _______________________________________________
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