Startups and SMEs will soon be able to negotiate with federal government agencies on who owns the intellectual property developed under contracts won through the Digital Marketplace.
The change, to be inserted within the next iteration of the Digital Marketplace later this year, introduces greater flexibility around IP ownership into the arrangement to address the concerns of sellers and buyers.
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has spent the last year reviewing the tech-focused marketplace, which was first introduced in 2016 to better connect smaller suppliers with government buyers.
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