35 U.S.C. § 208 — Regulations governing Federal licensing

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-517 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 40 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the Secretary of Commerce write rules for licensing inventions the government owns. Those rules can cover nonexclusive, partly exclusive, or fully exclusive licenses, but not inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

This is a single unlabeled rule. It gives the Secretary of Commerce the power to issue regulations setting the terms and conditions for licensing an invention the federal government owns. The license can be nonexclusive (open to more than one licensee), partially exclusive, or fully exclusive. This power does not reach inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority — those are specifically excluded.

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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3024; amended Pub. L. 98–620, title V, § 501(12), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3367.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-517 · 94 Stat. 3024
1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-620 · 98 Stat. 3367

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-517 on 1980-12-12.

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