{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3480","title_num":"20","num":"§ 3480.","heading":"Copyrights and patents","status":null,"guid":"idd16dc354-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 420, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687.)","seq_in_title":1195,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV/ptB","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 48—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER IV—","heading":"ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV/ptB","level":"part","num":"Part B—","heading":"General Administrative Provisions","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id6c95199d-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3480\"><num value=\"3480\">§ 3480.</num><heading> Copyrights and patents</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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:</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id6c95199e-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3480/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id6c95199f-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3480/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id6c9519a0-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3480/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id6c9519a1-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/tIV/s420\">Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 420</ref>, <date date=\"1979-10-17\">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/93/687\">93 Stat. 687</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}