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20 U.S.C. § 3480

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Title
20 — Education
Chapter
CH48
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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

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