20 U.S.C. § 3480 — Copyrights and patents

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The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department: (1) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data; (2) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and (3) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights. This section also states the related rules, conditions, and exceptions in its text.

The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department: (1) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data; (2) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and (3) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.

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The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department:

(1)

copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;

(2)

licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and

(3)

releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 420, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1979Enacted · Pub. L. 96-88 · 93 Stat. 687

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-88 on 1979-10-17.