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42 U.S.C. § 7261

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Acquisition of copyrights, patents, etc.
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Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH84
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. 95–91, title VI, § 651, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 601.)

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