{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8687","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8687.","heading":"Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof","text":"\u00a7\u202f8687.\nStatus of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nGovernment rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:\n(1) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.\n(2) In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.\n(b)\nConstruction of Superseding Authorities.\u2014\nThis section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8687.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8687","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8687."},{"t":"heading","text":"Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8687/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8687/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8687/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8687/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Construction of Superseding Authorities.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}