§ 7261. Acquisition of copyrights, patents, etc.

Statutory 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:

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

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

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

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.

1977
Department of Energy Organization Act
Pub. L. 95–91 title VI § 651 · 91 Stat. 565
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7261
(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 651, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 601.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 651, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 601.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 651. copyrights The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following 42 USC 7261. 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.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 651, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 601.)