15 U.S.C. § 5104 — Protection of proprietary rights

submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-680 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 92 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

Trade secrets and privileged or confidential commercial or financial information obtained from a domestic company may not be disclosed through the management or research plans or related activities. Patent rights from inventions developed under those plans vest under the cited law.

(a) Proprietary rights No trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, under the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of title 5 which is obtained from a domestic company must be disclosed in the conduct of the management plan or research plan, or as a result of activities under this chapter. (b) Patent rights vested in United States All patent rights from inventions developed under the management plan or the research plan implemented pursuant to this chapter must be vested under section 5908 of title 42 .

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a) Proprietary rights

No trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, under the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of title 5 which is obtained from a domestic company shall be disclosed in the conduct of the management plan or research plan, or as a result of activities under this chapter.

(b) Patent rights vested in United States

All patent rights from inventions developed under the management plan or the research plan implemented pursuant to this chapter shall be vested in accordance with section 5908 of title 42.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–680, § 5, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4075.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-680 · 102 Stat. 4075

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-680 on 1988-11-17.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case