{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3480","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3480.","heading":"Copyrights and patents","text":"\u00a7\u202f3480.\nCopyrights and patents\nThe 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:\n(1) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;\n(2) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and\n(3) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t20/s3480.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3480","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3480."},{"t":"heading","text":"Copyrights and patents","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","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:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3480/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3480/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s3480/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}