Sec. 901. Federal laboratory computer programs update
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Section 11 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Pursuant to section 105(b)(1) of title 17, United States Code, and subject to the requirements therein, the director of any Government-operated Federal laboratory may seek copyright protection on behalf of the United States in a work described in that section. The Secretary is authorized to provide guidelines to implement paragraph
(1)of this section and to provide guidance for the management of works in which copyright protection is obtained. . Section 105 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— by striking Copyright protection and inserting
(a)Copyright protection ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (a), copyright protection under this title is available for— a computer program that is a work of the United States Government and is created at a Federal laboratory, as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3703 ), and which is a result of research, development, or engineering at the Federal laboratory, provided that the United States Government makes application for copyright registration under section 409 pursuant to the authority granted under section 11(k) of such Act within 6 months from employee disclosure of the work to the Federal laboratory, and provided further that a certificate of registration is issued pursuant to section 410 of this title or following judicial review pursuant to chapter 7 of title 5; and standard reference data prepared or made available by the Department of Commerce, provided the copyright is secured by the Secretary of Commerce in the manner set forth in section 6 of the Standard Reference Data Act ( 15 U.S.C. 290e ). .
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