This article may have a bearing on

THE AMERICAN CYBER CIVIL WAR

by Anon, August 5, 2020 on In-Q-Tel published at >>4271 (Op Ed Journal)

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https://www.c4isrnet.com/it-networks/2020/09/21/cia-launches-first-federal-lab/

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency announced Monday the launch of its first-ever federal lab, a new internal organization that will allow its officers to obtain patents and licenses for intellectual property they create while working at the agency.

The new office, called CIA Labs, will be an in-house research and development office through which the spy agency will develop the future technology it needs for intelligence collection for national security, while also helping U.S. economic security, according to Dawn Meyerriecks, head of CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology, in an agency press release.

In a speech last week at the Intelligence and National Security Summit, Meyerriecks listed several broad areas where the agency has intellectual property that could “change the conversation” around key emerging technologies. She listed 5G, battery technology, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computation, geospatial information representation, navigation, and analytics as areas of focus.

“It’s an endless list that we collectively own, but the world desperately needs,” Meyerriecks said. “And if your attitude is ‘I will get this to production and then I will wait for the next procurement opportunity,’ then we are collectively part of the problem, not part of the solution.”

She added that the agency already has two provisional patents, but didn’t go into detail.

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So in light of the paragraphs about IN-Q-TEL, does this say the federal government no longer wants to partner with private industry to create/obtain innovative technologies?

Is it due to a lack of trust of private industry?

Or some other reason?

It would be really interesting to get some insight into the WHY for this change of direction.

If the CIA itself owns patents, it can

(1) withhold patent licensing altogether (I think) - although there is a different path for protecting innovations that have national security implications, the patent applications never result in granted patents or the patents are under a gag order and are never seen by the public

(2) license patents on uniform terms and conditions

I do not think it is permissible under current law to license patents to one licensee but refuse to license to other licensees on equivalent terms & conditions.

But maybe if the government is the patent holder the requirements are different from those that apply to private industry.

There might be different laws or EOs that apply.

IDK.