Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research
§ 4606. Protection of information
Statutory text
Freedom of Information Act
Section 552 of title 5 shall not apply to information obtained by the Federal Government on a confidential basis under section 4602(b)(5) of this title.
Intellectual property
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, intellectual property, trade secrets, and technical data owned and developed by Sematech or any of the participants in Sematech may not be disclosed by any officer or employee of the Department of Defense except as provided in the provision included in the memorandum of understanding pursuant to section 4602(b)(5) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
Pub. L. 100–180 div. A title II § 276 · 101 Stat. 1019
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4606
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 276, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1071.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 276, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1071.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 276. PROTECTION OF INFORMATION (a) Freedom of Information Act.— Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to information obtained by the Federal Government on a confidential basis under section 272(b)(5). (b) Intellectual Property.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, intellectual property, trade secrets, and technical data owned and developed by Sematech or any of the participants in Sematech may not be disclosed by any officer or employee of the Department of Defense except as provided in the provision included in the memorandum of understanding pursuant to section 272(b)(5).
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Credits
(Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 276, , 101 Stat. 1071.)