---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 28.105-2"
title: "48"
number: "28.105-2"
heading: "Patent infringement bonds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/28.105-2"
---

# §28.105-2. Patent infringement bonds.

- (a) Contracts providing for patent indemnity may require these bonds only if—
  - (1) A performance bond is not furnished; and
  - (2) **The financial responsibility of the contractor is unknown or doubtful.**
- (b) The contracting officer shall determine the penal sum.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42286, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.