20 USC 3480: Copyrights and patents
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20 USC 3480: Copyrights and patents Text contains those laws in effect on May 2, 2024
From Title 20-EDUCATIONCHAPTER 48-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONSUBCHAPTER IV-ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSPart B-General Administrative Provisions
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§3480. Copyrights and patents

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 .)